* Swimmers are those who raced at a meet in Swimming New Zealand’s results; club members who did not race are not counted.
Which clubs raced?
32 clubs from the regions Canterbury & West Coast, Nelson Marlborough, Otago and Southland; the most swimmers came from Waitaha (25 swimmers).
How strong was the field?
A typical swimmer here is faster than 75 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand, by their best race of 2023.
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). Each swimmer is set by their best race of 2023, not of this meet alone: the figure says how strong the swimmers who came are.
| Faster than … of 100 | |
|---|---|
| A typical swimmer here | 75 |
| A typical New Zealand swimmer | 50 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2023 · n = 256 swimmers with points, each set beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender
How many personal bests?
Of the races in an event the swimmer had swum before, 65 in 100 were personal bests, more than the 63 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age who race as often.
Personal bests per 100 races in an event the swimmer had swum before.
| Per 100 races | |
|---|---|
| This meet | 65 |
| Swimmers of the same age who race as often | 63 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 10 to 12 Nov 2023 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2023 · n = 256 swimmers
Who raced for the first time?
Nobody here was racing for the first time: every swimmer had raced before, as far as the records go (2016).
Swimmers with no club race before this meet in the records, which start in 2016.
How does it compare with last year’s edition?
Last year’s edition, 2022 Apollo Projects Junior Festival – Makos (4–6 Nov 2022), had 247 swimmers from 35 clubs; this one 256 from 32; personal bests in an event swum before: 68 in 100 races then, 65 in 100 now.
Meets of the same name in other years, with a club in common.
Which events were swum most?
50 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 407 races by 245 swimmers; 13 events in all.
Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.
How old are the swimmers?
Nearly 9 in 10 swimmers are 10 to 12 years old.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 227 of the 256 are 10 to 12 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 5 |
| 9 | 24 |
| 10 | 47 |
| 11 | 80 |
| 12 | 100 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 10 to 12 Nov 2023 · n = 256 swimmers