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Volunteers
Needed!
Swim Aides
We are in need of parents that would like to help out with the
coaching staff in particular
with the 8 & unders. If you are interested, even if it
can only be for one day a week, please
let us know. The more coaches we have in the water, the more
the children will benefit.
Meet Volunteer Coordinator
Michelle Krehbiel will be coordinating the volunteers for
all meets. Once you sign up for a
meet, it is your responsibility to get another parent to fill in if
you can’t make it.
Michelle will arrange to have all parents sign up as many times as
needed in order to fill up
the positions. If there are any vacant volunteer positions,
Michelle will have to fill them in
herself by first seeing who hadn’t signed up to volunteer
& then by going down the list.
Referee
Works home meets. The Referee has authority over all
meet officials to assign and
instruct them. The referee enforces all rules and mediates
any conflict with rules relating to
the conduct of the meet. The referee has the authority to
disqualify a swimmer for any
violation of the rules that the referee personally observes (except
for false starts). At the
beginning of each race, the referee shall signal to the starter
that all officials are in position
and that the course is clear and competition can begin. The
referee shall make a decision
on all points where the opinions of the judges differ. Other
responsibilities as will be
defined and trained at the clinic.
Starter
Works home meets. The official in charge -
Initiates every event using a starting gun or an
electronic starter signaling the beginning of a race and, with the
Referee, making certain
that all swimmers start legally. Coordinates with Head Timer
and Clerks of Course.
Click here for the starter template.
Timer
Works home and away meets. Three timers are
assigned to each lane to time the
swimmers in each event. One of these timers from each lane will be
designated as the
one to record the swimmer’s times on a time slip. As a
timer you will be asked to operate a
stop watch. Additional duties include maintaining
organization of the individual event cards
handed to you by swimmers, and double checking to make sure the
correct swimmer is in
the correct lane and heat. At the completion of the
swimmer’s event in your assigned lane,
you record their time onto the event card or a heat sheet. A
runner then comes by to collect
the cards from you. This is a very easy job to do.
It’s also the best seat in the house! No
experience is necessary
** Perfect for new parents, no experience required and spend time
with other parents.
Head Timer
Works home meets. The Head Timer is in charge of all
individual lane timers and making
sure that each lane is properly staffed. The Head Timer also
runs backup stop watches.
Assigns lanes and teaches volunteers how to use a stopwatch.
Acts as backup timer in
case of a timing failure in any lane.
Data Entry
Works home meets. Works entire meet entering
both teams’ swimmers’ times in
database. Must be accurate and not afraid of a computer.
Scorer
Works home and away meets. Need 1 per meet.
Works the entire meet at the scoring
table sorting the heat cards for each heat, reading times to the
data entry person, writing
the 1st – 6th place awards on the corresponding cards, and
running scored cards to
Ribbon Writers.
Ribbon Writers
Works home and away meets. Need 2 per meet.
Works the entire meet at ribbon writing
table, writing swimmers’ places and times or preprinted
labels and affixing them to the
corresponding ribbons. This includes participation
ribbons.
Head Clerk of Course
Works home and away meets. A critical
official who lines up each swimmer by event and
lane according to the meet sheet. Swimmers will report to the
clerk of course to pick up
their event card. The Clerk of Course may act as a holding
pen for swimmers as well,
keeping the swimmers in one specific area and releasing them to the
area behind the
starting blocks, as necessary.
**Knowledge of who the swimmers are is necessary.
Assistant Clerk of Course
Works home and away meets. Assists the Clerk of
Course and Coaches in lining up the
swimmers for each race.
Stroke & Turn Judge
Work home and away meets. We need 4
volunteers for this, 2 for each meet home and
away. Monitors one quarter of the pool, as determined by the
Referee. Determines that all
swimmers are executing the proper strokes and turns, at the start,
middle, turns, and
finishes of ALL strokes, as set forth by United States Swimming
rules. Judges also judge
the relay starts to ensure no early starts. Training will be
provided for this.* Training Clinic
Required
Concession stand
Works home meets, and help in the set-up and clean up of
the concession stand. This job
has many different responsibilities including sales of food and
drinks. This is not a
complex job but does require many helpers.
No experience is necessary. Need 5 per meet.
Meet Photographer
Works home and away meets. The Meet
Photographer is responsible for taking close-ups
& casual pictures of swimmers, officials, coaches and
spectators throughout the meet.
These pictures are later used to produce a dvd slideshow at the end
of season.
Runners
Works home meets. Collects the timers’ slips
from each swimmer and delivers to timers,
then collects from timers along with any disqualification slips
from the Strokes & Turn
Judge and delivers them to the scoring table after every event.
Need 2 per shift, totaling 4
per meet.
** Perfect for new parents, no experience required and spend time
with other parents.
Meet Setup
Home meets. Set up the backstroke flags, set
up chairs & tables. Some of this can be
done on Friday night before pool closing prior to Saturday meets,
and then again at 7:00
am on the morning of Saturday meets.
Meet Breakdown
Home meets. Remove the backstroke flags,
reposition the tables & chairs to where they
originally were located.
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