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2024 GC Paekakariki Shield Relays and Chocolate Carnival

24 Nov 2024 · SC

Key figures (4)
94
swimmers* from 4 clubs swam 185 races
53 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
61 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 66 in 100
9–12
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
02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 53 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 here53
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2024 · n = 94 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, 61 in 100 were personal bests, about the same as the 66 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 meet61
Swimmers of the same age who race as often66

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 24 Nov 2024 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2024 · n = 94 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

None of the 18 swimmers aged 13 to 15 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age.

Swimmers aged 13 to 15 at this meet, with a race faster than the qualifying time for their age, gender, event and pool.

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 24 Nov 2024 · n = 18 swimmers aged 13 to 15

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 13 swimmers of the 94 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 9: 5 of 19.

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

Swimmers at their first meet, by age
AgeFirst meetSwimmers
8 and under210
9519
10221
11214
12111
1318
1407

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 94 swimmers

06Editions

Which other editions are there?

2 other editions of this meet are in the records, the latest in 2025.

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

07Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 59 races by 59 swimmers; 5 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, SC59 races · 59 swimmers
50 Backstroke, SC51 races · 51 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, SC43 races · 43 swimmers
50 Butterfly, SC22 races · 22 swimmers
25 Butterfly, SC10 races · 10 swimmers
08Ages

How old are the swimmers?

Nearly 7 in 10 swimmers are 9 to 12 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 65 of the 94 are 9 to 12 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under10
919
1021
1114
1211
138
147
153
160
170
18 and over1

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 24 Nov 2024 · n = 94 swimmers