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Dolphin and FASC Long Distance Club Champs

11 Apr 2025 · LC

Key figures (4)
25
swimmers* from 2 clubs swam 159 races
39 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
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
10–12
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

Which clubs raced?

2 clubs from Manawatū–Whanganui; the most swimmers came from Dolphin (22 swimmers).

02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 39 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 here39
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2025 · n = 25 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, 11 Apr 2025 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2025 · n = 25 swimmers

04First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 1 swimmer of the 25 this was the first meet in the records.

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

05Editions

How does it compare with last year’s edition?

Last year’s edition, Dolphin & FASC Long Distance (27 Apr 2024), had 34 swimmers from 3 clubs; this one 25 from 2.

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

06Events

Which events were swum most?

200 Freestyle, LC was swum most: 22 races by 22 swimmers; 9 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

200 Freestyle, LC22 races · 22 swimmers
800 Freestyle, LC22 races · 22 swimmers
200 Backstroke, LC21 races · 21 swimmers
200 Breaststroke, LC19 races · 19 swimmers
200 Individual Medley, LC19 races · 19 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

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

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 17 of the 25 are 10 to 12 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under3
91
109
115
123
133
141

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 11 Apr 2025 · n = 25 swimmers