Swimming
September's 1:49.54: A New League's Headline, an Old Gap's Ledger
Two Clocks in Twenty Minutes: What Zhang Zhanshuo's 7:42.49 and 47.65 Leave Off the Scoreboard
Burton's 15:52.58 and Our 24-Second Wall
Skins, Relays and an Empty Results Table: What the First Night of the College Swim League Has Not Shown Us Yet
SwimmingSkins, Relays and an Empty Results Table: What the First Night of the College Swim League Has Not Shown Us YetHook: The Number That Was Not There When I opened the live blog of the...
Swimming52.11 in the 100 IM: A Record Written in Three Pool LanguagesLast week a number stopped on my screen: 52.11, tagged 100 IM, third-fastest...
SwimmingSeptember's 1:49.54: A New League's Headline, an Old Gap's Ledger1:49.54. The number means little standing alone. It means something with the...
Swimming3:10.60 in Nagoya: The Record Says Less Than the Three Splits That Built ItThe penultimate night of the 2026 Asian Games, long course, 50 metres. Roughl...
SwimmingThe September Clock: Miranda Grana's 1:49.54 in the First Race of the CSLOn the board at Westmont the number burns into the wall — 1:49.54. Miranda...
SwimmingTwo Clocks in Twenty Minutes: What Zhang Zhanshuo's 7:42.49 and 47.65 Leave Off the ScoreboardTwenty minutes. That is the entire distance between the final touch of an 800...
SwimmingBurton's 15:52.58 and Our 24-Second WallThe Number That Arrived Before the News September 18, 2026. Nearly two in the...
SwimmingFrom 48.87 to 56.51: David Davis's Two-Pool Ledger and Texas A&M's ArithmeticTwo numbers sit side by side under one swimmer's name. In the 100 backstroke:...
SwimmingThe College Swim League's First Night: Four Schools, One Relay, and the Bargain Over Stroke SelectionThe run sheet split in two, and I followed the seam. One column held the...