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CSS/Waitaha Swim Club Gala Day

17 May 2025 · SC

Key figures (4)
30
swimmers* from 1 club swam 139 races
54 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
38 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 62 in 100
11–13
years old: 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

Which clubs raced?

1 club from Canterbury & West Coast; the most swimmers came from Waitaha (30 swimmers).

02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 54 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 here54
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2025 · n = 30 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, 38 in 100 were personal bests, less than the 62 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 meet38
Swimmers of the same age who race as often62

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 17 May 2025 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2025 · n = 30 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

None of the 14 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, 17 May 2025 · n = 14 swimmers aged 13 to 15

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 2 swimmers of the 30 this was the first meet in the records.

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

06Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 26 races by 26 swimmers; 10 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, SC26 races · 26 swimmers
25 Freestyle, SC20 races · 20 swimmers
25 Butterfly, SC15 races · 15 swimmers
100 Individual Medley, SC14 races · 14 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, SC14 races · 14 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

3 in 5 swimmers are 11 to 13 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 18 of the 30 are 11 to 13 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
91
104
116
125
137
144
153

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 17 May 2025 · n = 30 swimmers