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2024 Southland School Swimming Champs

19 May 2024 · SC · school meet

Key figures (4)
98
swimmers* swam 348 races
58 of 100
swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand are slower than a typical swimmer here, by their best race of 2024
62 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 61 in 100
10–14
years old: nearly 7 in 10 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?

9 clubs; the most swimmers swim for Johnston Waters (20 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 58 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand, by their best race of 2024.

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 2024, 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 here58
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2024 · n = 91 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, 62 in 100 were personal bests, about the same as the 61 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 meet62
Swimmers of the same age who race as often61

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 19 May 2024 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2024 · n = 98 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

Nearly 1 in 10 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.

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

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 19 May 2024 · n = 37 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 72 races by 72 swimmers; 8 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, SC72 races · 72 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, SC66 races · 66 swimmers
50 Backstroke, SC65 races · 65 swimmers
50 Butterfly, SC59 races · 59 swimmers
25 Backstroke, SC26 races · 26 swimmers
06Ages

How old are the swimmers?

Nearly 7 in 10 swimmers are 10 to 14 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 68 of the 98 are 10 to 14 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under6
911
109
1114
1218
1313
1414
159
161
173

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 19 May 2024 · n = 98 swimmers