Heretaunga Sundevils
Hawke's Bay & Poverty Bay · North Island
A typical Heretaunga Sundevils 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 Heretaunga Sundevils?
108 swimmers raced for Heretaunga Sundevils in 2026 so far. Each has a page of their own.
Do they get faster?
Of 72 swimmers in both years, 47 in 100 gained more points than is typical for swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before; a typical gain of +36 points; swimmer by swimmer −1 beyond them, not a clear difference.
Each swimmer’s gain in best points* since the same months of 2025, at each age with 5 or more of them, set beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before - level meaning the same quarter of best points for their age and gender then.
Columns: the typical gain in points at each age. Over them: points beyond swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before - more, fewer, grey where not clear.
| Age | Swimmers | Typical gain, points | Beyond swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before, points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 11 | 50 | 0 |
| 13 | 15 | 72 | +19 |
| 14 | 9 | 52 | +2 |
| 15 | 6 | 41 | −21 |
| 16 | 7 | 18 | −3 |
| 17 | 8 | 26 | +10 |
| 18+ | 10 | -12 | −10 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 against the same months of 2025 · n = 72 swimmers
Who stays with Heretaunga Sundevils?
65 in 100 Heretaunga Sundevils swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced for Heretaunga Sundevils again this year, about the same as the 61 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age.
Swimmers of 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025, per 100: whether they raced for Heretaunga Sundevils in the same months of 2026.
| Swimmers of 2025 | Per 100 |
|---|---|
| Raced for Heretaunga Sundevils | 65 |
| Raced for another club | 1 |
| No race this year | 34 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025 and 2026 · n = 111 swimmers of 2025
Where do Heretaunga Sundevils swimmers come from, and go?
56 swimmers joined Heretaunga Sundevils from another club and 11 left for one, 2016 to 2026; the most came from Napier Aquahawks (20).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Napier Aquahawks | 20 | – |
| Greendale | 13 | – |
| Trojans | 11 | – |
| Other clubs | 12 | 11 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026, each year against the year before · n = 67 moves
Who is still racing for Heretaunga Sundevils years later?
Of Heretaunga Sundevils swimmers of a year, 75 in 100 raced for Heretaunga Sundevils again the next year and 58 in 100 two years on; swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand: 63 in 100 and 41 in 100.
Swimmers of each year since 2016 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): the share with a club race for Heretaunga Sundevils 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heretaunga Sundevils | 75 | 58 | 42 | 31 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Same age and gender across New Zealand | 63 | 41 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026 · n = 975 swimmer-years one year on
How has Heretaunga Sundevils changed over the years?
108 swimmers raced for Heretaunga Sundevils in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 8% more than in the same months of 2016 and 35% more than in 2022, the fewest; 3% fewer than in 2025; across New Zealand, 5% fewer than in 2016.
Swimmers with at least one race for Heretaunga Sundevils from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.
| Year | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 100 |
| 2017 | 100 |
| 2018 | 101 |
| 2019 | 99 |
| 2020 | 98 |
| 2021 | 90 |
| 2022 | 80 |
| 2023 | 100 |
| 2024 | 96 |
| 2025 | 111 |
| 2026 | 108 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
Who joined Heretaunga Sundevils, and who left?
108 swimmers raced for Heretaunga Sundevils in 2026, against 111 in 2025 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 72 stayed, 39 left (38 stopped racing, 1 raced for other clubs); 36 joined: 28 new to racing, 7 from other clubs, 1 back after a break.
Swimmers with a race for Heretaunga Sundevils 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 Heretaunga Sundevils swimmer is faster than 46 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand. Yet they overlap: 46 in 100 of them are faster than New Zealand’s typical swimmer of their age.
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 Heretaunga Sundevils swimmer | 46 |
| 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 = 105 swimmers with points
How does Heretaunga Sundevils compare with other clubs?
It is 48th of 106 clubs in New Zealand for how fast its swimmers are for their age and 11th of 18 clubs of 100 or more swimmers (2nd of 7 in Hawke's Bay & Poverty Bay).
Places count clubs with at least 5 swimmers in the period, highest value first; equal values share a place.
Places
| Heretaunga Sundevils | In NZ | Clubs of 100 or more |
|---|---|---|
| Faster than … of 100 peers46 of 100 | 48th of 106 | 11th of 18 |
| Swimmers108 | 16th of 106 | 16th of 18 |
| Kept, beyond their age+4 in 100 | 46th of 104 | 10th of 18 |
| Gained more than their peers47 in 100 | 51st of 100 | 12th of 18 |
| Under a NZ Age Group time10 | 24th of 105 | 15th of 18 |
Where are they strongest?
Beside swimmers of the same age and gender, Heretaunga Sundevils swimmers rank highest in backstroke (faster than 48 of every 100) and lowest in medley (34); by distance, they stand highest at 50 m (49) and lowest at 400 m and longer (26).
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 | 42 | 101 |
| Backstroke | 48 | 81 |
| Breaststroke | 42 | 81 |
| Butterfly | 48 | 66 |
| Medley | 34 | 75 |
| 50 m | 49 | 105 |
| 100–200 m | 39 | 92 |
| 400 m and longer | 26 | 9 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each stroke and distance against peers who raced it · n = 105 swimmers with points
How many swim national qualifying times?
23 in 100 Heretaunga Sundevils swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam at least one race faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age, about the same as the 31 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age and gender.
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 | |
|---|---|
| Heretaunga Sundevils | 23 |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 31 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · age at the last race · n = 44 swimmers aged 13 to 16
Where did Heretaunga Sundevils race?
Heretaunga Sundevils swimmers raced at 18 meets in 2026 so far.
The latest threeEvery meet
Did Heretaunga Sundevils swimmers race at school meets?
43 swimmers from Heretaunga Sundevils swam 268 races at 3 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?
56 in 100 swimmers are 12 to 16 years old; across New Zealand, nearly half.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race in 2026 so far; 61 of the 108 are 12 to 16 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 1 |
| 9 | 5 |
| 10 | 7 |
| 11 | 12 |
| 12 | 17 |
| 13 | 20 |
| 14 | 10 |
| 15 | 7 |
| 16 | 7 |
| 17 | 8 |
| 18 and over | 14 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 108 swimmers
How often do they race?
A typical swimmer raced 20 times, at 5 meets; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand raced 20 times.
Number of swimmers by the number of races they swam in 2026 so far; typical is the median.
| Races | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | 37 |
| 11 to 20 | 17 |
| 21 to 30 | 15 |
| 31 to 40 | 18 |
| 41 to 50 | 15 |
| 51 or more | 6 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 108 swimmers
When do Heretaunga Sundevils swimmers race?
The busiest day in 2026 so far was 22 May, with 328 races; all told, 2,480 races and about 192 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 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 |
| 7 | 250 |
| 8 | 0 |
| 9 | 112 |
| 10 | 0 |
| 11 | 285 |
| 12 | 53 |
| 13 | 0 |
| 14 | 5 |
| 15 | 27 |
| 16 | 0 |
| 17 | 0 |
| 18 | 0 |
| 19 | 209 |
| 20 | 30 |
| 21 | 328 |
| 22 | 38 |
| 23 | 0 |
| 24 | 193 |
| 25 | 0 |
| 26 | 0 |
| 27 | 0 |
| 28 | 0 |
| 29 | 15 |
| 30 | 0 |
| 31 | 0 |
| 32 | 0 |
| 33 | 457 |
| 34 | 0 |
| 35 | 0 |
| 36 | 0 |
| 37 | 272 |
| 38 | 0 |
| 39 | 67 |
| 40 | 12 |
| 41 | 15 |
| 42 | 0 |
| 43 | 0 |
| 44 | 112 |
| 45 | 0 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 2,480 races
How much slower is the second half?
A typical Heretaunga Sundevils swimmer swims the second half of a race 12.4% slower than the first; swimmer by swimmer, they slow down typically 2.5% more than swimmers of the same age and gender in the same events.
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 | |
|---|---|
| Heretaunga Sundevils | 12.4% |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 9.3% |
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 = 67 swimmers