Carterton Swimming Club
Wellington · North Island
A typical Carterton swimmer in 2026 so far, stroke by stroke: faster than … of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender in New Zealand. 50 is typical.
* Swimmers are those who raced at a meet in Swimming New Zealand’s results; club members who did not race are not counted.
Who raced for Carterton?
15 swimmers raced for Carterton in 2026 so far. Each has a page of their own.
Do they get faster?
7 of 9 swimmers who also raced in the same months of 2025 scored higher this year, with a typical change of +57 points; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand: +42.
Swimmers who scored higher than in the same months of 2025, per 100; only those who raced in both years.
| Per 100 | |
|---|---|
| Carterton | 78 |
| Swimmers of the same age across New Zealand | 86 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 against the same months of 2025 · n = 9 swimmers
Who stays with Carterton?
9 of 13 Carterton swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced for Carterton again this year, about the same as the 65 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age.
Swimmers of 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025, per 100: whether they raced for Carterton in the same months of 2026.
| Swimmers of 2025 | Per 100 |
|---|---|
| Raced for Carterton | 69 |
| Raced for another club | 15 |
| No race this year | 15 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025 and 2026 · n = 13 swimmers of 2025 · shares are rounded, so they add to 99
Where do Carterton swimmers come from, and go?
2 swimmers joined Carterton from another club and 15 left for one, 2016 to 2026; the most went to Masterton (5).
Swimmers who raced for one club in a year and for another the next; each band as wide as the number who moved, and the clubs stand in the same order on both sides. Clubs with fewer than 3 moves are together as “other clubs”.
| Club | Came | Went |
|---|---|---|
| Masterton | – | 5 |
| Dannevirke | – | 3 |
| Raumati | – | 3 |
| Other clubs | 2 | 4 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026, each year against the year before · n = 17 moves
Who is still racing for Carterton years later?
Of Carterton swimmers of a year, 65 in 100 raced for Carterton again the next year and 39 in 100 two years on; swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand: 65 in 100 and 43 in 100.
Swimmers of each year since 2016 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): the share with a club race for Carterton one, two, three… years on, in the same months. Peers are New Zealand swimmers of the same start year, age and gender.
Years on, per 100 swimmers of the start year.
| one year on | two years on | three years on | four years on | five years on | six years on | seven years on | eight years on | nine years on | ten years on | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carterton | 65 | 39 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Same age and gender across New Zealand | 65 | 43 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026 · n = 133 swimmer-years one year on
How has Carterton changed over the years?
15 swimmers raced for Carterton in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 32% fewer than in the same months of 2016 and 150% more than in 2024, the fewest; 15% more than in 2025; across New Zealand, 5% fewer than in 2016.
Swimmers with at least one race for Carterton from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.
| Year | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 22 |
| 2017 | 18 |
| 2018 | 17 |
| 2019 | 16 |
| 2020 | 10 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 13 |
| 2026 | 15 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
Who joined Carterton, and who left?
15 swimmers raced for Carterton in 2026, against 13 in 2025 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 9 stayed, 4 left (2 stopped racing, 2 raced for other clubs); 6 joined: 6 new to racing, 0 from other clubs, 0 back after a break.
Swimmers with a race for Carterton in the same months of each year (1 Jan to 10 Nov), set beside the year before.
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
How fast are they for their age?
A typical Carterton swimmer is faster than 50 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand.
Peers are New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender, compared by the World Aquatics points of their best race (one scale for every stroke and distance; 1,000 is about world-record speed).
| Faster than … of 100 | |
|---|---|
| A typical Carterton swimmer | 50 |
| A typical New Zealand swimmer | 50 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each set beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender · n = 15 swimmers with points
How does Carterton compare with other clubs?
It is 41st of 106 clubs in New Zealand for how fast its swimmers are for their age and 10th of 29 clubs of 5 to 24 swimmers (5th of 10 in Wellington).
Places count clubs with at least 5 swimmers in the period, highest value first; equal values share a place.
Places
| Carterton | In NZ | Clubs of 5 to 24 |
|---|---|---|
| Faster than … of 100 peers50 of 100 | 41st of 106 | 10th of 29 |
| Swimmers15 | 87th of 106 | 10th of 29 |
| Kept, beyond their age+4 in 100 | 45th of 104 | 8th of 27 |
| Gained more than their peers56 in 100 | 25th of 100 | 4th of 23 |
| Under a NZ Age Group time1 | 65th of 105 | 5th of 29 |
Where are they strongest?
Beside swimmers of the same age and gender, Carterton swimmers rank highest in backstroke (faster than 61 of every 100) and lowest in breaststroke (36).
Each stroke and distance sets a swimmer’s best race in it against the best of New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender who raced it; 50 is the typical swimmer. Faded bars are not clearly different from 50, or have too few swimmers to tell.
By stroke
By distance
| Faster than … of 100 | Swimmers | |
|---|---|---|
| Freestyle | 52 | 15 |
| Backstroke | 61 | 13 |
| Breaststroke | 36 | 13 |
| Butterfly | 38 | 12 |
| Medley | 40 | 12 |
| 50 m | 49 | 15 |
| 100–200 m | 48 | 15 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each stroke and distance against peers who raced it · n = 15 swimmers with points
How many swim national qualifying times?
1 of 6 Carterton swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam at least one race faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age; swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand: 32 in 100.
Swimmers aged 13 to 16, per 100, with a race faster than the qualifying time for their age, gender, event and pool, beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender.
| Per 100 | |
|---|---|
| Carterton | 17 |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 32 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · age at the last race · n = 6 swimmers aged 13 to 16
Where did Carterton race?
Carterton swimmers raced at 25 meets in 2026 so far.
The latest threeEvery meet
Did Carterton swimmers race at school meets?
6 swimmers from Carterton swam 23 races at 2 school meets in 2026 so far.
School meets are entered for schools, not clubs: a school race counts for the club the swimmer raced for before and after the meet, or in the three months before it when there is nothing after yet. They count in how fast the club’s swimmers were, never as races for the club.
How old are the swimmers?
2 in 3 swimmers are 10 to 14 years old; across New Zealand, nearly 2 in 3.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race in 2026 so far; 10 of the 15 are 10 to 14 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 1 |
| 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 |
| 11 | 2 |
| 12 | 2 |
| 13 | 2 |
| 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 15 swimmers
How often do they race?
A typical swimmer raced 22 times, at 5 meets; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand raced 18 times.
Number of swimmers by the number of races they swam in 2026 so far; typical is the median.
| Races | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | 1 |
| 11 to 20 | 5 |
| 21 to 30 | 5 |
| 31 to 40 | 3 |
| 41 to 50 | 1 |
| 51 or more | 0 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 15 swimmers
When do Carterton swimmers race?
The busiest day in 2026 so far was 25 Jul, with 46 races; all told, 351 races and about 33.9 km of racing.
Each cell is a week of 2026, from the first of January; the darker, the more races. Empty cells are weeks without a race; the outline fades for weeks still to come.
| Week | Races |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 35 |
| 10 | 0 |
| 11 | 2 |
| 12 | 14 |
| 13 | 0 |
| 14 | 1 |
| 15 | 5 |
| 16 | 0 |
| 17 | 6 |
| 18 | 0 |
| 19 | 20 |
| 20 | 0 |
| 21 | 0 |
| 22 | 21 |
| 23 | 5 |
| 24 | 7 |
| 25 | 14 |
| 26 | 4 |
| 27 | 0 |
| 28 | 0 |
| 29 | 14 |
| 30 | 46 |
| 31 | 0 |
| 32 | 0 |
| 33 | 6 |
| 34 | 23 |
| 35 | 0 |
| 36 | 12 |
| 37 | 19 |
| 38 | 0 |
| 39 | 0 |
| 40 | 0 |
| 41 | 39 |
| 42 | 25 |
| 43 | 0 |
| 44 | 0 |
| 45 | 20 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 351 races
How much slower is the second half?
A typical Carterton swimmer swims the second half of a race 5% slower than the first; swimmers of the same age and gender in the same events across New Zealand: 7%.
Each swimmer’s typical race of 100 m or more in one stroke, beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender in the same event and pool. The first half holds the start, so even an evenly swum race has a slower second half.
| % slower | |
|---|---|
| Carterton | 5% |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 7% |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · with the halfway split recorded in a race of 100 m or more · n = 9 swimmers