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Manawatu December Short Course

4 Dec 2022 · SC

Key figures (4)
77
swimmers* from 10 clubs swam 299 races
57 of 100
swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand are slower than a typical swimmer here, by their best race of 2022
39 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 59 in 100
11–14
years old: nearly 3 in 5 of the swimmers

* Swimmers are those who raced at a meet in Swimming New Zealand’s results; club members who did not race are not counted.

01Clubs
02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 57 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand, by their best race of 2022.

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 2022, not of this meet alone: the figure says how strong the swimmers who came are.

Faster than … of every 100 peers
Faster than … of 100
A typical swimmer here57
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2022 · n = 77 swimmers with points, each set beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender

03Personal bests

How many personal bests?

Of the races in an event the swimmer had swum before, 39 in 100 were personal bests, less than the 59 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.

Personal bests per 100 races in an event swum before
Per 100 races
This meet39
Swimmers of the same age who race as often59

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 4 Dec 2022 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2022 · n = 77 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

1 in 8 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 4 such races in 3 events.

Swimmers aged 13 to 16 at this meet, with a race faster than the qualifying time for their age, gender, event and pool.

100 Breaststroke, SC2 races · 2 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC1 race · 1 swimmer
50 Breaststroke, SC1 race · 1 swimmer

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 4 Dec 2022 · n = 33 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

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.

06Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 52 races by 52 swimmers; 14 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, SC52 races · 52 swimmers
50 Backstroke, SC41 races · 41 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC37 races · 37 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, SC35 races · 35 swimmers
100 Individual Medley, SC28 races · 28 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

Nearly 3 in 5 swimmers are 11 to 14 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 44 of the 77 are 11 to 14 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under4
96
109
1111
1213
1312
148
158
165
171

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 4 Dec 2022 · n = 77 swimmers