Volunteer Descriptions
When they say "It takes a village..." they must have been talking about swim meets! Fun and full of friendly competition, a successful swim meet requires the help of parent volunteers. If your swimmer would like to participate in a swim meet, we require all families to volunteer to work at least four shifts during the season.
Starter: This person will announce each race over the loud speaker, They are responsible for starting each race. They will work with the lead official to run home meets. Training required.
Stroke and Turn Official: Ensure that all swimmers are swimming according to USA Swimming Standards. Appropriately fill out DQ slips as needed. Training required.
Announcer: Make announcements as needed throughout the meet. Play appropriate music during the meet. Be prepared to announce events and communicate important information over the speaker system.
Timers: These people will meet with Head Timer before the meet begins and will be assigned a lane to time swimmers. They will be required to start & stop watch, record times & clear watches.
Head Timer: For home meets only, this person will operate stopwatches as back up for a lane timer who misses a start.
Scorekeeper: This person electronically enters meet results into the computer database during home & away meets. Training required.
Scorekeeper assistant: This person helps the scorekeeper input times into the meet software. May include data entry and / or reading out information to scorekeeper.
Ribbon Writer: Upon receipt of the official results from the scorekeeper, this person affixes labels to the appropriate ribbons. Ribbons must be completed by Sunday evening for Monday practice, and brought to the pool in the morning by the end of the first practice session.
Sheet Runner: This person will collect time sheets and DQ slips from poolside timers/ stroke & turn officials and deliver to the Scorekeeper.
Lane Organizers/Clerk of Course: These people line up swimmers for their races. They will use the meet program to confirm that all swimmers for each EVENT get seated in proper position upon arrival at Clerk of Course area. Also, they will be responsible for attempting to find missing swimmers (i.e. swimmers not paying attention to when they are supposed to line up).
Concessions: These people will help set up, work, & take down concession stand during all home meets. They will assist in sales and all aspects of running concession stand. There will be different shifts available throughout the meet.
Griller: This person will man the concession stand grill for a home meet.
