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South Island Long Course Championships 2023

3–5 Mar 2023 · LC

Key figures (4)
171
swimmers* from 26 clubs swam 1,563 races
64 of 100
swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand are slower than a typical swimmer here, by their best race of 2023
43 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 45 in 100
14–16
years old: 53 in 100 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 64 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 every 100 peers
Faster than … of 100
A typical swimmer here64
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2023 · n = 171 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, 43 in 100 were personal bests, about the same as the 45 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 meet43
Swimmers of the same age who race as often45

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 3 to 5 Mar 2023 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2023 · n = 171 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

Nearly half of the swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 318 such races in 17 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 Freestyle, LC30 races · 17 swimmers
200 Individual Medley, LC27 races · 18 swimmers
200 Freestyle, LC25 races · 16 swimmers
50 Freestyle, LC25 races · 14 swimmers
100 Backstroke, LC22 races · 13 swimmers

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 3 to 5 Mar 2023 · n = 125 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.

06Editions

Which other editions are there?

1 other edition of this meet is in the records, the latest in 2025.

Meets of the same name in other years, with a club in common.

07Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, LC was swum most: 169 races by 117 swimmers; 17 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, LC169 races · 117 swimmers
100 Freestyle, LC151 races · 104 swimmers
50 Backstroke, LC140 races · 91 swimmers
200 Freestyle, LC132 races · 86 swimmers
50 Butterfly, LC132 races · 86 swimmers
08Ages

How old are the swimmers?

53 in 100 swimmers are 14 to 16 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 91 of the 171 are 14 to 16 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
125
1334
1433
1534
1624
1723
18 and over18

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 3 to 5 Mar 2023 · n = 171 swimmers