Swimming
The Dark Side of Verification on a Record Night: From 3:41.28 to 2:04.83
The Body Behind 48.87: David Davis, Texas A&M, and the Backstroke-Butterfly Load Ledger
29.50 Seconds and the Empty Column in Mirpur: What Tatjana Smith's Return Actually Shows
Where the 0.74 Seconds Didn't Fit: Marchand's Fear, Japan's Seventeen-Year-Old Cluster, and the ASIAD 2026 Ledger
A Dawn Stopwatch, Two Numbers and a Misnamed Stroke: The Succession Question in Swimming Under the Asian Games Light
Lanes Named, Times Blank: Notes from Match 2 of the College Swim League
Where the 0.74 Seconds Didn't Fit: Marchand's Fear, Japan's Seventeen-Year-Old Cluster, and the ASIAD 2026 LedgerThe men's 100m butterfly final at ASIAD 2026 ended with two names on the...
The Dark Side of Verification on a Record Night: From 3:41.28 to 2:04.83That September evening I wrote three numbers into my phone's notes app. 3:41....
A Dawn Stopwatch, Two Numbers and a Misnamed Stroke: The Succession Question in Swimming Under the Asian Games LightAt the outdoor fifty-metre pool in Mirpur, the sun comes over the west stand...
Lanes Named, Times Blank: Notes from Match 2 of the College Swim LeagueLanes Named, Times Blank: Notes from Match 2 of the College Swim League The...
Nine Meets, 36 Days and One 13-Day Error: Auditing the October 2026 Swimming CalendarNine Meets, 36 Days and One 13-Day Error: Auditing the October 2026 Swimming...
Tatjana Smith’s Return: A New Olympic Frontier in the 50m BreaststrokeLate September light hit the scoreboard at the South African Short Course...
The Body Behind 48.87: David Davis, Texas A&M, and the Backstroke-Butterfly Load LedgerOn a Marlins of Raleigh morning set, the kid from Ravenscroft School steps on...
29.50 Seconds and the Empty Column in Mirpur: What Tatjana Smith's Return Actually ShowsAn Empty Column on the Scoresheet 29.50. On September 25, that single number...
Where the Scoreboard Went Quiet: Reading the College Swimming League's First Match Against an Empty LedgerIn any swimming report I look for the clock first. A time, a split, a touch...