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2026 Canterbury Secondary Schools Championships

31 Mar 2026 · LC · school meet

Key figures (4)
300
swimmers* swam 899 races
56 of 100
swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand are slower than a typical swimmer here, by their best race of 2026
32 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 50 in 100
13–15
years old: 4 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 do they swim for?

11 clubs; the most swimmers swim for Wharenui (41 swimmers).

Swimming New Zealand enters these races for schools, not clubs, and names no school.

02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 56 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand, by their best race of 2026.

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 2026, 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 here56
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2026 · n = 213 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, 32 in 100 were personal bests, less than the 50 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 meet32
Swimmers of the same age who race as often50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 31 Mar 2026 against 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 300 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

22 in 100 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 168 such races in 10 events.

Swimmers aged 13 to 16 at this meet, with a race faster than the qualifying time for their age, gender, event and pool.

50 Freestyle, LC27 races · 16 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, LC22 races · 14 swimmers
50 Butterfly, LC19 races · 11 swimmers
50 Backstroke, LC19 races · 10 swimmers
100 Breaststroke, LC16 races · 10 swimmers

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 31 Mar 2026 · n = 278 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, LC was swum most: 189 races by 116 swimmers; 10 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, LC189 races · 116 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, LC115 races · 62 swimmers
50 Backstroke, LC112 races · 58 swimmers
100 Freestyle, LC97 races · 57 swimmers
50 Butterfly, LC97 races · 54 swimmers
06Ages

How old are the swimmers?

4 in 5 swimmers are 13 to 15 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 242 of the 300 are 13 to 15 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
124
1387
1488
1567
1636
1716
18 and over2

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 31 Mar 2026 · n = 300 swimmers