Volunteer Signup
The team needs volunteers to run the meet. We have a small team so parents need to volunteer all the meets their swimmers on in. The other options you can do are call one of our volunteer young adults, to do a volunteer role for you at a meet you can not do. You will need to let us know as well. At registration, you agree to a $200.00 charge if you do not fulfill the volunteer obligation. Please note, you will be charged according to how many meets you did volunteer for at the end of the season.
How to sign up to volunteer:
Simply navigate to the Swim Meets top level menu located on our Home Page (or just click the Swim Meets link at the beginning of this sentence) and scroll down the page until you see the events where you are available to volunteer. The green Job Signup button will be visible. Click it and you will see the volunteer jobs needed for the meet; sign up for a role! Now sit back and bask in the knowledge you are doing something great for the team!
*Note: stroke and turn judging and the Starter require that you have been certified as a stroke and turn judge. Please do the training.
If you have teenagers looking for volunteer hours or young adults who would like to make some money at our meets and can be available to sub for swim parents who can't volunteer, please let us know and we can post their phone numbers for parents to call.
Volunteer Positions with descriptions
Check-in and each heat organizer (1): checks in swimmers and volunteers when they arrive at the meet; where volunteers pick up and return equipment. Also helps to organize and find the kids in our sitting area that need to go to the staging area when it is 5 events before their event.
Head timer/Backup Timer: (1) Experienced timer to be there if someone misses a start and/or to step in if there are consistent major timing discrepancies between 2 timers in a lane
Timers: (2 per lane; 1/lane from our team, the other from the opposing team). Some pools have 6 lanes. Times and records times for all home and away meets and is our biggest committee. Each timer is provided 1-2 stopwatches and assigned a lane; This job gives you the best view of the pool and the swimmers during their races. Watch this video to 3 minutes 53 sec. to learn more (note: we don't use plungers).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wzGzJTvivM
Runners For Timers: Only for home meets (1): To collect time sheets from timers, put them in a bucket so the data entry computer folks can enter their times in the computer. Organize the sheets 1st to 5th lanes and if scissors provided, cut the timer sheets in half before sending them up in the bucket to separate events.
Event number flipper and walker: Only home meets. Pulls the bucket up to the top deck and takes the timers' time sheets to the computer team for Scoring. (Good for parents with young kids or babies; can set up a play pin on the deck beside you; more room for other family members that can help and a great view as well.
Staging (2): lining up the swimmers in the staging area onto benches/chairs that slowly move up to the front bench and gets the swimmers to line up behind the lane # they will be swimming in.
Computer Person (1): at home meets, plus a verifier Runs the HiTech and Meet Manager software during the home and away swim meets. They add the swimmers' times into the computer and print out heat sheets and ribbon labels.
Verifier (1): At away meets, checks that scores are entered properly.
Stroke and Turn (4): Provides stroke and turn officials for home and away meets. Must have some swimming knowledge and attend the necessary training class. We recommend all parents go through the training to learn more about the strokes and what disqualifies the swimmers. See below
Starter (1): Starts each event with the announcement of the age and stroke and the words “Swimmers, Take Your Mark”, pauses to make sure that all swimmers are motionless, and then gives an electronic sound/and light. He/She/They shall be the sole judge of FALSE STARTS and all false starts shall be restarted. Starters must attend the necessary training class. See below
Managers, Sponsorship Chair: (1) Works on getting sponsors. (Lindsay Krahl)
Set-up/Take-down & Parking: Prepares the pool and ready area for home swim meets, cleans up and puts away equipment following the meets and supervises parking detail. (everyone)
Managers, Treasurer, event planner, and Sponsorship Chair: Swim team council; if you are interested in becoming one of these, please let us know.
With a small team, all swimmers will need to have at least one parent volunteer on deck for the first or second shift for the meets.
Stroke and Turn Trainings:
Will Heffner 1. Digital Training
Stroke and Turn training:
Starter Training:
Thank you!
