Liz van Welie Aquatics
Bay of Plenty · North Island
A typical Liz van Welie Aquatics 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 Liz van Welie Aquatics?
252 swimmers raced for Liz van Welie Aquatics in 2026 so far. Each has a page of their own.
Do they get faster?
Of 146 swimmers in both years, 57 in 100 gained more points than is typical for swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before; a typical gain of +54 points; swimmer by swimmer +7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8− | 5 | 26 | −12 |
| 9 | 12 | 40 | +3 |
| 10 | 15 | 60 | +7 |
| 11 | 29 | 71 | +14 |
| 12 | 23 | 52 | 0 |
| 13 | 23 | 56 | 0 |
| 14 | 16 | 70 | +19 |
| 15 | 8 | 36 | −6 |
| 16 | 8 | 40 | +7 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 against the same months of 2025 · n = 146 swimmers
Who stays with Liz van Welie Aquatics?
58 in 100 Liz van Welie Aquatics swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced for Liz van Welie Aquatics again this year, less than the 66 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age.
Swimmers of 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025, per 100: whether they raced for Liz van Welie Aquatics in the same months of 2026.
| Swimmers of 2025 | Per 100 |
|---|---|
| Raced for Liz van Welie Aquatics | 58 |
| Raced for another club | 3 |
| No race this year | 40 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025 and 2026 · n = 295 swimmers of 2025 · shares are rounded, so they add to 101
Where do Liz van Welie Aquatics swimmers come from, and go?
60 swimmers joined Liz van Welie Aquatics from another club and 31 left for one, 2016 to 2026; the most came from Evolution Aquatics Tauranga (29), the most went to Evolution Aquatics Tauranga (10).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Evolution Aquatics Tauranga | 29 | 10 |
| Greerton | 16 | – |
| Mt Maunganui | 3 | 5 |
| Papamoa | 3 | – |
| Waihi | – | 3 |
| Other clubs | 9 | 13 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026, each year against the year before · n = 91 moves
Who is still racing for Liz van Welie Aquatics years later?
Of Liz van Welie Aquatics swimmers of a year, 63 in 100 raced for Liz van Welie Aquatics again the next year and 45 in 100 two years on; swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand: 66 in 100 and 46 in 100.
Swimmers of each year since 2016 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): the share with a club race for Liz van Welie Aquatics 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liz van | 63 | 45 | 32 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Same age and gender across New Zealand | 66 | 46 | 31 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026 · n = 1,375 swimmer-years one year on
How has Liz van Welie Aquatics changed over the years?
252 swimmers raced for Liz van Welie Aquatics in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 334% more than in the same months of 2017, its first year with results in these months; 15% fewer than in 2025; the most were in 2024 (328); across New Zealand, 9% fewer than in 2017.
Swimmers with at least one race for Liz van Welie Aquatics from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.
| Year | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 0 |
| 2017 | 58 |
| 2018 | 109 |
| 2019 | 110 |
| 2020 | 98 |
| 2021 | 124 |
| 2022 | 111 |
| 2023 | 142 |
| 2024 | 328 |
| 2025 | 295 |
| 2026 | 252 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
Who joined Liz van Welie Aquatics, and who left?
252 swimmers raced for Liz van Welie Aquatics in 2026, against 295 in 2025 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 170 stayed, 125 left (117 stopped racing, 8 raced for other clubs); 82 joined: 64 new to racing, 3 from other clubs, 15 back after a break.
Swimmers with a race for Liz van Welie Aquatics 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 Liz van Welie Aquatics swimmer is faster than 43 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand. Yet they overlap: 43 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 Liz van Welie Aquatics swimmer | 43 |
| 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 = 234 swimmers with points
How does Liz van Welie Aquatics compare with other clubs?
It is 59th of 106 clubs in New Zealand for how fast its swimmers are for their age and 13th of 18 clubs of 100 or more swimmers (4th of 8 in Bay of Plenty).
Places count clubs with at least 5 swimmers in the period, highest value first; equal values share a place.
Places
| Liz van Welie Aquatics | In NZ | Clubs of 100 or more |
|---|---|---|
| Faster than … of 100 peers43 of 100 | 59th of 106 | 13th of 18 |
| Swimmers252 | 3rd of 106 | 3rd of 18 |
| Kept, beyond their age−9 in 100 | 77th of 104 | 18th of 18 |
| Gained more than their peers57 in 100 | 19th of 100 | 4th of 18 |
| Under a NZ Age Group time22 | 7th of 105 | 7th of 18 |
Where are they strongest?
Beside swimmers of the same age and gender, Liz van Welie Aquatics swimmers rank highest in backstroke (faster than 57 of every 100) and lowest in breaststroke (45); by distance, they stand lowest at 50 m (42).
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 | 46 | 212 |
| Backstroke | 57 | 163 |
| Breaststroke | 45 | 179 |
| Butterfly | 53 | 102 |
| Medley | 53 | 145 |
| 50 m | 42 | 231 |
| 100–200 m | 48 | 182 |
| 400 m and longer | 56 | 46 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each stroke and distance against peers who raced it · n = 234 swimmers with points
How many swim national qualifying times?
33 in 100 Liz van Welie Aquatics 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 | |
|---|---|
| Liz van Welie Aquatics | 33 |
| 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 = 67 swimmers aged 13 to 16
Where did Liz van Welie Aquatics race?
Liz van Welie Aquatics swimmers raced at 28 meets in 2026 so far.
The latest threeEvery meet
Did Liz van Welie Aquatics swimmers race at school meets?
47 swimmers from Liz van Welie Aquatics swam 370 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?
Nearly 3 in 5 swimmers are 10 to 13 years old; across New Zealand, 56 in 100.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race in 2026 so far; 145 of the 252 are 10 to 13 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 23 |
| 9 | 36 |
| 10 | 38 |
| 11 | 49 |
| 12 | 29 |
| 13 | 29 |
| 14 | 18 |
| 15 | 11 |
| 16 | 9 |
| 17 | 3 |
| 18 and over | 7 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 252 swimmers
How often do they race?
A typical swimmer raced 9 times, at 2 meets; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand raced 15 times.
Number of swimmers by the number of races they swam in 2026 so far; typical is the median.
| Races | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | 130 |
| 11 to 20 | 46 |
| 21 to 30 | 22 |
| 31 to 40 | 20 |
| 41 to 50 | 9 |
| 51 or more | 25 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 252 swimmers
When do Liz van Welie Aquatics swimmers race?
The busiest day in 2026 so far was 29 Mar, with 351 races; all told, 4,635 races and about 529 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 | 330 |
| 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 24 |
| 6 | 11 |
| 7 | 515 |
| 8 | 25 |
| 9 | 378 |
| 10 | 0 |
| 11 | 61 |
| 12 | 135 |
| 13 | 392 |
| 14 | 15 |
| 15 | 79 |
| 16 | 0 |
| 17 | 0 |
| 18 | 9 |
| 19 | 3 |
| 20 | 9 |
| 21 | 0 |
| 22 | 270 |
| 23 | 289 |
| 24 | 4 |
| 25 | 0 |
| 26 | 505 |
| 27 | 5 |
| 28 | 0 |
| 29 | 0 |
| 30 | 0 |
| 31 | 0 |
| 32 | 0 |
| 33 | 497 |
| 34 | 0 |
| 35 | 229 |
| 36 | 0 |
| 37 | 0 |
| 38 | 227 |
| 39 | 99 |
| 40 | 18 |
| 41 | 0 |
| 42 | 0 |
| 43 | 498 |
| 44 | 0 |
| 45 | 6 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 4,635 races
How much slower is the second half?
A typical Liz van Welie Aquatics swimmer swims the second half of a race 8.0% slower than the first; swimmer by swimmer, they slow down typically 0.3% less 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 | |
|---|---|
| Liz van Welie Aquatics | 8.0% |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 8.2% |
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 = 82 swimmers