Follow Along with Your U.S. Nationals Pick’Em Entries
Entries for the pick’em contest have closed. We will update the standings at the end of each day’s racing. In the meantime, if you can’t remember who you picked and want to cheer on your entries, here is the spreadsheet with everyone’s picks.
U.S. Nationals Day 1 Prelims: Much Faster than Recent Nationals
2018 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, July 25 – Sunday, July 29, 2018 William Woollett Aquatics Center, Irvine, CA Prelims 9 AM /…
Youth Rules: Demographics of 2018 U.S. Nationals
Until the action at U.S. nationals starts up this Wednesday all we have to scratch the swim nerd itch is…
2018 U.S. Summer Nationals Pick’Em Contest is Here
The Pick ‘Em Contest for the 2018 US Summer National Champions has arrived!
SwimSwam International Olympians Draft, Part 2
Which swimmers do we expect to dominate in Tokyo? How do we value up and coming swimmer’s chances? Do we expect aging stars to win more medals or fall off?
Predicting Tokyo: SwimSwam International Olympians Draft, Part 1
Which swimmers do we expect to dominate in Tokyo? How do we value up and coming swimmer’s chances? Do we expect aging stars to win more medals or fall off?
SwimSwam 2020 US Olympians Draft Part 2
The following is a lightly edited transcript of a Slack chat that took place over the last three weeks. This…
Predicting Tokyo: SwimSwam 2020 US Olympians Draft
Welcome to the first ever SwimSwam mid cycle US Olympic draft. 8 SwimSwam contributors will attempt to defeat each other by drafting the best possible 2020 Olympic rosters.
Ledecky to Sponsors: Pay Up
In many pro sports the ‘contract year’ is a well known phenomenon. Athletes in the last year of their current deal have extra motivation to perform so that their next contract will be a big one.
NCAA D1 Women’s Improvement at Nationals
We’re now a ways out from women’s NCAA’s, but that doesn’t mean we have to stop breaking down the meet….
NCAA D1 Men’s Improvement at Nationals
Since men’s nationals wrapped up a couple weekends ago, I’ve looked at team scoring, individual performances, and team’s future prospects. Now…
Who Returns the Most Points For Women’s 2019 NCAA’s?
The 2018 women’s NCAA championships wrapped up a couple weekends ago with Stanford defending their title by a wide point margin over California.
Who Returns the Most Points for 2019 Men’s NCAA’s?
The 2018 men’s NCAA championships wrapped up on Saturday with Texas defending their title by a narrow 11.5 point margin over…
2018 NCAA Men’s Championships: Individual Breakdown
The 2018 men’s championships wrapped up last night so now it’s time to look at individual performances.
2018 NCAA Men’s Championships: Final Scoring Summary
Texas won the 2018 men’s championship in a nail biter over Cal and Indiana. Time to examine how it happened from every conceivable angle.
