Is The 50 Free a Crapshoot?
In a race that takes under 30 seconds, a single turn hit long, a slow start, or a bad breakout can easily be the difference between first and second place.
How Much Faster Do College Swimmers Get?
Most swimmers have little idea how much these things actually impact their ability to get faster.
Building A Better Meet Schedule
Is there a way to optimize the NCAA meet schedule so fewer swimmers are forced to swim doubles on a single day?
Swimulator Preview: Pac-12 Championships
The swimulator predicts the results of the pac-12 conference swimming championships. Cal’s women and men’s teams lead in the predictions.
Swimulation of the Week: Texas Speeds up Mid-Season
We’ll use the Swimulator to look at the Texas men’s team’s results from their mid-season invite and show how they have tapered more.
Swimulator Mid-Season Title Predictions
Using the Swimulator, we can see how the NCAA DI title races are shaping up now that mid-season tapers are all complete.
NCAA Times in Olympic Years
While ten months may seem like a long time, it isn’t long for elite swimmers whose preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are already underway.
What Impact Would Scoring 24 Swimmers at NCAAs Have on Results?
We floated an idea to score NCAA championships to 24 places earlier this month. Several depth-based teams, such as Indiana’s…
2019 D1 NCAA Scoring Predictions: Swimulator Style
The Swimulator team takes its crack at predicting NCAA scoring based on pure numbers.
Elite Swimmers Share Same Ideal BMI Across Different Race Distances
For years its has been known that in running, different distances favor different body types. Sprinters are generally more powerfully…
Swimulator NCAA Program Rankings – Revised
A couple of weeks ago, I posted SwimSwam’s 2018 updated Swimulator program rankings. With the help of some insightful user…
Updated 2018 Swimulator Program Rankings
The Swimulator‘s NCAA program rankings are now updated with the 2018 season’s data. The rankings now include data from the…
Looking Back at Men’s NCAA Championship Projections
For the fourth straight year, the University of Texas was crowned the men’s NCAA Division I swimming and diving champions….
After NCAAs, How Fast Can Dressel Swim Meters? (Dressel Time Conversions)
Last week Caeleb Dressel wowed the swimming community with an all-time dominant performance in the 2018 NCAA Men’s championships. Not…
NCAA Women’s Preview: Can Anyone Match Stanford?
While the men’s NCAA national championship is shaping up to be a dogfight between Cal and Texas, Stanford looks like…
