Westport Swim Team
Canterbury & West Coast · South Island
A typical Westport Swim Team 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 Westport Swim Team?
10 swimmers raced for Westport Swim Team in 2026 so far. Each has a page of their own.
Do they get faster?
6 of 8 swimmers who also raced in the same months of 2025 scored higher this year, with a typical change of +26 points; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand: +55.
Swimmers who scored higher than in the same months of 2025, per 100; only those who raced in both years.
| Per 100 | |
|---|---|
| Westport Swim Team | 75 |
| Swimmers of the same age across New Zealand | 92 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 against the same months of 2025 · n = 8 swimmers
Who stays with Westport Swim Team?
8 of 15 Westport Swim Team swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced for Westport Swim Team again this year, about the same as 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 Westport Swim Team in the same months of 2026.
| Swimmers of 2025 | Per 100 |
|---|---|
| Raced for Westport Swim Team | 53 |
| Raced for another club | 7 |
| No race this year | 40 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025 and 2026 · n = 15 swimmers of 2025
Where do Westport Swim Team swimmers come from, and go?
1 swimmer joined Westport Swim Team from another club and 6 left for one, 2016 to 2026; they came from 1 club and went to 5 clubs, none with 3 or more.
A move is a swimmer who raced for one club in a year and for another the next. Clubs with fewer than 3 moves are not named, so as not to point at one or two children.
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026, each year against the year before · n = 7 moves
Who is still racing for Westport Swim Team years later?
Of Westport Swim Team swimmers of a year, 64 in 100 raced for Westport Swim Team again the next year and 38 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 Westport Swim Team 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westport Swim | 64 | 38 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Same age and gender across New Zealand | 66 | 46 | 31 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026 · n = 159 swimmer-years one year on
How has Westport Swim Team changed over the years?
10 swimmers raced for Westport Swim Team in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 52% fewer than in the same months of 2016 and 900% more than in 2022, the fewest; 33% fewer than in 2025; the most were in 2018 (22); across New Zealand, 5% fewer than in 2016.
Swimmers with at least one race for Westport Swim Team from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.
| Year | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 21 |
| 2017 | 21 |
| 2018 | 22 |
| 2019 | 20 |
| 2020 | 20 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 17 |
| 2025 | 15 |
| 2026 | 10 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
Who joined Westport Swim Team, and who left?
10 swimmers raced for Westport Swim Team in 2026, against 15 in 2025 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 8 stayed, 7 left (6 stopped racing, 1 raced for other clubs); 2 joined: 1 new to racing, 0 from other clubs, 1 back after a break.
Swimmers with a race for Westport Swim Team 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 Westport Swim Team swimmer is faster than 25 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand. Yet they overlap: nearly 1 in 10 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 Westport Swim Team swimmer | 25 |
| 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 = 10 swimmers with points
How does Westport Swim Team compare with other clubs?
It is 94th of 106 clubs in New Zealand for how fast its swimmers are for their age and 23rd of 29 clubs of 5 to 24 swimmers (14th of 17 in Canterbury & West Coast).
Places count clubs with at least 5 swimmers in the period, highest value first; equal values share a place.
Places
| Westport Swim Team | In NZ | Clubs of 5 to 24 |
|---|---|---|
| Faster than … of 100 peers25 of 100 | 94th of 106 | 23rd of 29 |
| Swimmers10 | 95th of 106 | 18th of 29 |
| Kept, beyond their age−13 in 100 | 84th of 104 | 15th of 27 |
| Gained more than their peers13 in 100 | 98th of 100 | 21st of 23 |
| Under a NZ Age Group time0 | 86th of 105 | 13th of 29 |
Where are they strongest?
Beside swimmers of the same age and gender, Westport Swim Team swimmers rank highest in freestyle (faster than 27 of every 100) and lowest in butterfly (16); by distance, they stand highest at 50 m (28).
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 | 27 | 9 |
| Backstroke | 24 | 8 |
| Breaststroke | 25 | 10 |
| Butterfly | 16 | 9 |
| Medley | 18 | 10 |
| 50 m | 28 | 10 |
| 100–200 m | 20 | 10 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each stroke and distance against peers who raced it · n = 10 swimmers with points
How many swim national qualifying times?
0 of 7 Westport Swim Team 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 | |
|---|---|
| Westport Swim Team | 0 |
| 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 = 7 swimmers aged 13 to 16
Where did Westport Swim Team race?
Westport Swim Team swimmers raced at 5 meets in 2026 so far.
The latest threeEvery meet
How old are the swimmers?
3 in 5 swimmers are 12 to 14 years old; across New Zealand, 36 in 100.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race in 2026 so far; 6 of the 10 are 12 to 14 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 10 | 1 |
| 11 | 1 |
| 12 | 1 |
| 13 | 2 |
| 14 | 3 |
| 15 | 2 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 10 swimmers
How often do they race?
A typical swimmer raced 12 times, at 2 meets; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand raced 26 times.
Number of swimmers by the number of races they swam in 2026 so far; typical is the median.
| Races | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | 4 |
| 11 to 20 | 4 |
| 21 to 30 | 1 |
| 31 to 40 | 1 |
| 41 to 50 | 0 |
| 51 or more | 0 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 10 swimmers
When do Westport Swim Team swimmers race?
The busiest day in 2026 so far was 8 Mar, with 36 races; all told, 141 races and about 12.2 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 | 0 |
| 8 | 44 |
| 9 | 0 |
| 10 | 36 |
| 11 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 |
| 13 | 12 |
| 14 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 |
| 16 | 0 |
| 17 | 0 |
| 18 | 0 |
| 19 | 0 |
| 20 | 0 |
| 21 | 0 |
| 22 | 0 |
| 23 | 0 |
| 24 | 0 |
| 25 | 0 |
| 26 | 0 |
| 27 | 0 |
| 28 | 0 |
| 29 | 0 |
| 30 | 0 |
| 31 | 0 |
| 32 | 0 |
| 33 | 0 |
| 34 | 0 |
| 35 | 0 |
| 36 | 0 |
| 37 | 0 |
| 38 | 0 |
| 39 | 0 |
| 40 | 0 |
| 41 | 0 |
| 42 | 33 |
| 43 | 0 |
| 44 | 0 |
| 45 | 16 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 141 races
How much slower is the second half?
A typical Westport Swim Team swimmer swims the second half of a race 12% slower than the first; swimmers of the same age and gender in the same events across New Zealand: 9%.
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 | |
|---|---|
| Westport Swim Team | 12% |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 9% |
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 = 5 swimmers