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2023 Southland Long Course Championships

2–3 Dec 2023 · LC

Key figures (4)
74
swimmers* from 13 clubs swam 338 races
68 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
60 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 54 in 100
12–14
years old: 54 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 68 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 here68
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2023 · n = 74 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, 60 in 100 were personal bests, more than the 54 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 meet60
Swimmers of the same age who race as often54

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2 to 3 Dec 2023 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2023 · n = 74 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

Nearly 3 in 10 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 21 such races in 14 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, LC3 races · 3 swimmers
100 Backstroke, LC2 races · 2 swimmers
100 Butterfly, LC2 races · 2 swimmers
200 Breaststroke, LC2 races · 2 swimmers
50 Freestyle, LC2 races · 2 swimmers

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2 to 3 Dec 2023 · n = 37 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 2 swimmers of the 74 this was the first meet in the records.

Swimmers with no club race before this meet in the records, which start in 2016.

06Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, LC was swum most: 49 races by 49 swimmers; 17 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, LC49 races · 49 swimmers
100 Freestyle, LC45 races · 45 swimmers
50 Backstroke, LC44 races · 44 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, LC35 races · 35 swimmers
100 Backstroke, LC29 races · 29 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

54 in 100 swimmers are 12 to 14 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 40 of the 74 are 12 to 14 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under3
95
102
117
1214
1311
1415
156
165
174
18 and over2

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2 to 3 Dec 2023 · n = 74 swimmers