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2025 South Island Long Course Championships

21–23 Feb 2025 · LC

Key figures (4)
154
swimmers* from 24 clubs swam 1,295 races
69 of 100
swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand are slower than a typical swimmer here, by their best race of 2025
43 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 47 in 100
14–16
years old: nearly 3 in 5 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 69 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand, by their best race of 2025.

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 2025, 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 here69
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2025 · n = 154 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, 43 in 100 were personal bests, less than the 47 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 meet43
Swimmers of the same age who race as often47

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 21 to 23 Feb 2025 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2025 · n = 154 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

Nearly half of the swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 291 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.

100 Freestyle, LC40 races · 23 swimmers
200 Freestyle, LC29 races · 18 swimmers
50 Freestyle, LC28 races · 17 swimmers
100 Breaststroke, LC22 races · 13 swimmers
400 Freestyle, LC22 races · 12 swimmers

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 21 to 23 Feb 2025 · n = 120 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

Nobody here was racing for the first time: every swimmer had raced before, as far as the records go (2016).

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

06Editions

Which other editions are there?

1 other edition of this meet is in the records, the latest in 2023.

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

07Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, LC was swum most: 156 races by 110 swimmers; 17 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, LC156 races · 110 swimmers
100 Freestyle, LC142 races · 99 swimmers
50 Backstroke, LC118 races · 72 swimmers
50 Butterfly, LC110 races · 65 swimmers
200 Freestyle, LC108 races · 69 swimmers
08Ages

How old are the swimmers?

Nearly 3 in 5 swimmers are 14 to 16 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 91 of the 154 are 14 to 16 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
129
1329
1431
1535
1625
1716
18 and over9

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 21 to 23 Feb 2025 · n = 154 swimmers