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Whanganui SC Club Night (23 Feb)

23 Feb 2024 · SC

Key figures (4)
38
swimmers* from 1 club swam 117 races
40 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
46 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 64 in 100
9–12
years old: nearly 2 in 3 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 raced?

1 club from Manawatū–Whanganui; the most swimmers came from Whanganui (38 swimmers).

02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 40 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 here40
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2024 · n = 38 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, 46 in 100 were personal bests, less than the 64 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 meet46
Swimmers of the same age who race as often64

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 23 Feb 2024 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2024 · n = 38 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

1 of 9 swimmers aged 13 to 14 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 1 such race.

Swimmers aged 13 to 14 at this meet, with a race faster than the qualifying time for their age, gender, event and pool.

200 Butterfly, SC1 race · 1 swimmer

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 23 Feb 2024 · n = 9 swimmers aged 13 to 14

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 7 swimmers of the 38 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 9: 2 of 7.

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

Swimmers at their first meet, by age
AgeFirst meetSwimmers
927
11313
1415

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 38 swimmers

06Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Backstroke, SC was swum most: 31 races by 31 swimmers; 9 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Backstroke, SC31 races · 31 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC30 races · 30 swimmers
100 Individual Medley, SC25 races · 25 swimmers
50 Butterfly, SC7 races · 7 swimmers
50 Freestyle, SC7 races · 7 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

Nearly 2 in 3 swimmers are 9 to 12 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 25 of the 38 are 9 to 12 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under4
97
102
1113
123
134
145

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 23 Feb 2024 · n = 38 swimmers