Comparing The NCAA Championships To Short Course Worlds
Using time conversions, which meet is more competitive?
Sprinting Into 200-Yard Events
In order to be elite in the 200s in short course yards, you need the speed to get out fast. Really fast.
The Impact of Non-U.S. Swimmers In The NCAA
Frenchman Leon Marchand is one of several male swimmers who have taken over the NCAA in recent years.
There Has Only Been 1 Short-Course WR in 2023 — Has the Number Ever Been So Low Before?
Besides 2023, the only other year in which only one short-course world record was set was 2011, when Missy Franklin broke the women’s 200 back standard.
How Often Do Reigning World Champions Win The Olympic Title The Following Year?
Michael Phelps won the same event at the Olympics as he did at the previous year’s World Championships numerous times, including five in 2007/2008.
How Many Swimmers Have Reclaimed A World Record?
Aaron Peirsol is one of only two swimmers who have reclaimed a world record they previously held three times, joining Japanese breaststroker Kosuke Kitajima.
Kaylee McKeown Is Just The Third Swimmer To Hold 50/100/200 LC World Records Simultaneously
In breaking the 50 back world record, McKeown joined Penny Heyns and Lenny Krayzelburg in the elite group of swimmers to hold 50/100/200 WRs at the same time.
Are Super-Suit Era Swims Still Ahead of Their Time?
After the onslaught of world records we saw in 2008 and 2009, swimming appears to have finally caught up to the times we saw with the super suits.
What Is The Best Way To Compute Olympic Qualifying Times?
Due to World Aquatics selecting OQTs with a singular result from the previous Games, the standards aren’t equal across events.
Sarah Sjostrom’s 14-Year Gap Between Individual World Records Is The Biggest In History
Sjostrom’s 14-year gap between individual world records is nearly double the next-highest mark in long course meters.
The Biggest Margins of Victory In The History of The World Championships
Sarah Sjostrom has won the women’s 50 fly four times at the World Championships, including topping the field by nearly eight-tenths of a second in 2017.
Roland Schoeman Set To Become The Oldest Swimmer Ever At The World Championships
At 43 years and 19 days, Schoeman will be the only swimmer over 40 racing in Fukuoka at the World Championships.
The Fastest All-Time Junior Swims Not Recognized As World Junior Records
Petar Mitsin set a World Junior Record this past week at European Juniors but it is not the fastest 18 and under swim ever. Read why that is here.
Sprinting Into 200 Yards Events
Dean Farris has one of the fastest SCY 100 and 200 freestyles ever, but is being fast in the LCM 100 necessary to be fast in the LCM 200? See the data here.
Michael Phelps Becomes the Longest Standing LCM World Record Holder in Modern History
June 27, 2023 marks 20 years, 316 days since Phelps set the world record in the 400 IM, making him the longest standing world record holder in LCM.
