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2023 Manawatu Secondary School Championships

29 Apr 2023 · SC · school meet

Key figures (4)
58
swimmers* swam 212 races
50 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
48 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 53 in 100
13–15
years old: 3 in 4 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

Which clubs do they swim for?

7 clubs; the most swimmers swim for Ice Breaker Aquatics (19 swimmers).

Swimming New Zealand enters these races for schools, not clubs, and names no school.

02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 50 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 here50
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2023 · n = 54 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, 48 in 100 were personal bests, about the same as the 53 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 meet48
Swimmers of the same age who race as often53

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 29 Apr 2023 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2023 · n = 58 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

Nearly 1 in 6 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 18 such races in 10 events.

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

50 Breaststroke, SC4 races · 4 swimmers
100 Breaststroke, SC3 races · 3 swimmers
50 Butterfly, SC3 races · 3 swimmers
100 Backstroke, SC2 races · 2 swimmers
100 Butterfly, SC1 race · 1 swimmer

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 29 Apr 2023 · n = 53 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05Editions

Which other editions are there?

3 other editions of this meet are in the records, the latest in 2026.

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

06Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Butterfly, SC was swum most: 28 races by 28 swimmers; 14 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Butterfly, SC28 races · 28 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC27 races · 27 swimmers
100 Individual Medley, SC24 races · 24 swimmers
50 Freestyle, SC23 races · 23 swimmers
100 Breaststroke, SC18 races · 18 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

3 in 4 swimmers are 13 to 15 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 44 of the 58 are 13 to 15 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
121
1316
1416
1512
169
174

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 29 Apr 2023 · n = 58 swimmers