* Swimmers are those who raced at a meet in Swimming New Zealand’s results; club members who did not race are not counted.
Which clubs raced?
28 clubs from the regions Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Hawke's Bay & Poverty Bay, Manawatū–Whanganui, Northland, Taranaki and Waikato; the most swimmers came from Liz van Welie Aquatics (39 swimmers).
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 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 100 | |
|---|---|
| A typical swimmer here | 68 |
| A typical New Zealand swimmer | 50 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2024 · n = 251 swimmers with points, each set beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender
How many personal bests?
Of the races in an event the swimmer had swum before, 48 in 100 were personal bests, less than the 57 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.
| Per 100 races | |
|---|---|
| This meet | 48 |
| Swimmers of the same age who race as often | 57 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 25 to 27 Oct 2024 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2024 · n = 251 swimmers
How many swam national qualifying times?
1 in 3 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 219 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.
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 25 to 27 Oct 2024 · n = 134 swimmers aged 13 to 16
Who raced for the first time?
For 1 swimmer of the 251 this was the first meet in the records.
Swimmers with no club race before this meet in the records, which start in 2016.
Which events were swum most?
100 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 221 races by 161 swimmers; 18 events in all.
Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.
How old are the swimmers?
2 in 3 swimmers are 11 to 14 years old.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 167 of the 251 are 11 to 14 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 1 |
| 9 | 8 |
| 10 | 20 |
| 11 | 42 |
| 12 | 36 |
| 13 | 46 |
| 14 | 43 |
| 15 | 24 |
| 16 | 21 |
| 17 | 5 |
| 18 and over | 5 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 25 to 27 Oct 2024 · n = 251 swimmers