South Otago Sharks
Otago · South Island
A typical South Otago Sharks 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 South Otago Sharks?
35 swimmers raced for South Otago Sharks in 2026 so far. Each has a page of their own.
Do they get faster?
Of 27 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 +45 points; swimmer by swimmer +9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 5 | 93 | +34 |
| 14 | 5 | 57 | −2 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 against the same months of 2025 · n = 27 swimmers
Who stays with South Otago Sharks?
73 in 100 South Otago Sharks swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced for South Otago Sharks 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 South Otago Sharks in the same months of 2026.
| Swimmers of 2025 | Per 100 |
|---|---|
| Raced for South Otago Sharks | 73 |
| Raced for another club | 0 |
| No race this year | 27 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025 and 2026 · n = 37 swimmers of 2025
Where do South Otago Sharks swimmers come from, and go?
5 swimmers joined South Otago Sharks from another club and 3 left for one, 2016 to 2026; the most came from Clutha United ASC (3).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clutha United ASC | 3 | – |
| Other clubs | 2 | 3 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026, each year against the year before · n = 8 moves
Who is still racing for South Otago Sharks years later?
Of South Otago Sharks swimmers of a year, 72 in 100 raced for South Otago Sharks again the next year and 53 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 South Otago Sharks 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Otago | 72 | 53 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Same age and gender across New Zealand | 66 | 46 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026 · n = 105 swimmer-years one year on
How has South Otago Sharks changed over the years?
35 swimmers raced for South Otago Sharks in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 84% more than in the same months of 2022, its first year with results in these months; 5% fewer than in 2025; across New Zealand, 10% more than in 2022.
Swimmers with at least one race for South Otago Sharks from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.
| Year | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 19 |
| 2023 | 29 |
| 2024 | 20 |
| 2025 | 37 |
| 2026 | 35 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
Who joined South Otago Sharks, and who left?
35 swimmers raced for South Otago Sharks in 2026, against 37 in 2025 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 27 stayed, 10 left (10 stopped racing, 0 raced for other clubs); 8 joined: 7 new to racing, 1 from other clubs, 0 back after a break.
Swimmers with a race for South Otago Sharks 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 2021 to 2026
How fast are they for their age?
A typical South Otago Sharks swimmer is faster than 44 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand. Yet they overlap: 36 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 South Otago Sharks swimmer | 44 |
| 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 = 34 swimmers with points
How does South Otago Sharks compare with other clubs?
It is 55th of 106 clubs in New Zealand for how fast its swimmers are for their age and 32nd of 59 clubs of 25 to 99 swimmers (3rd of 9 in Otago).
Places count clubs with at least 5 swimmers in the period, highest value first; equal values share a place.
Places
| South Otago Sharks | In NZ | Clubs of 25 to 99 |
|---|---|---|
| Faster than … of 100 peers44 of 100 | 55th of 106 | 32nd of 59 |
| Swimmers35 | 64th of 106 | 46th of 59 |
| Kept, beyond their age+8 in 100 | 31st of 104 | 19th of 59 |
| Gained more than their peers57 in 100 | 16th of 100 | 11th of 59 |
| Under a NZ Age Group time2 | 58th of 105 | 39th of 58 |
Where are they strongest?
Beside swimmers of the same age and gender, South Otago Sharks swimmers rank highest in backstroke (faster than 46 of every 100) and lowest in butterfly (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 | 45 | 34 |
| Backstroke | 46 | 32 |
| Breaststroke | 28 | 24 |
| Butterfly | 26 | 23 |
| Medley | 33 | 21 |
| 50 m | 43 | 34 |
| 100–200 m | 34 | 32 |
| 400 m and longer | 35 | 15 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each stroke and distance against peers who raced it · n = 34 swimmers with points
How many swim national qualifying times?
2 of 11 South Otago Sharks 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 34 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 | |
|---|---|
| South Otago Sharks | 18 |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 34 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · age at the last race · n = 11 swimmers aged 13 to 16
Where did South Otago Sharks race?
South Otago Sharks swimmers raced at 23 meets in 2026 so far.
The latest threeEvery meet
Did South Otago Sharks swimmers race at school meets?
6 swimmers from South Otago Sharks swam 26 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 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; 23 of the 35 are 10 to 14 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 4 |
| 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 |
| 13 | 2 |
| 14 | 5 |
| 15 | 3 |
| 16 | 1 |
| 17 | 1 |
| 18 and over | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 35 swimmers
How often do they race?
A typical swimmer raced 22 times, at 6 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 | 9 |
| 11 to 20 | 7 |
| 21 to 30 | 6 |
| 31 to 40 | 2 |
| 41 to 50 | 4 |
| 51 or more | 7 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 35 swimmers
When do South Otago Sharks swimmers race?
The busiest day in 2026 so far was 26 Jul, with 123 races; all told, 1,055 races and about 143 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 | 36 |
| 7 | 51 |
| 8 | 29 |
| 9 | 70 |
| 10 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 |
| 12 | 33 |
| 13 | 0 |
| 14 | 4 |
| 15 | 11 |
| 16 | 46 |
| 17 | 0 |
| 18 | 62 |
| 19 | 0 |
| 20 | 36 |
| 21 | 0 |
| 22 | 95 |
| 23 | 0 |
| 24 | 0 |
| 25 | 46 |
| 26 | 0 |
| 27 | 0 |
| 28 | 0 |
| 29 | 31 |
| 30 | 123 |
| 31 | 0 |
| 32 | 78 |
| 33 | 17 |
| 34 | 0 |
| 35 | 61 |
| 36 | 0 |
| 37 | 29 |
| 38 | 0 |
| 39 | 16 |
| 40 | 2 |
| 41 | 19 |
| 42 | 36 |
| 43 | 56 |
| 44 | 0 |
| 45 | 68 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 1,055 races
How much slower is the second half?
A typical South Otago Sharks swimmer swims the second half of a race 8.8% slower than the first, about the same as the 9.1% typical for 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 | |
|---|---|
| South Otago Sharks | 8.8% |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 9.1% |
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 = 25 swimmers