Volunteer Requirements
When a child joins a swim team, so do the parents. This sport requires parents to be participants. It takes many people to run a successful meet so there is a job for everyone. Training for most jobs takes only a few minutes; a small number of jobs require attending a clinic. We ask that one member of your family volunteers in at least 5 meets, including the Mock Meet, during the swim season. In total, approximately 30 volunteers are required to run a meet. If you enjoyed your volunteer job from a previous season we highly recommend that you sign up for the same job this year!
Below are basic descriptions of the meet volunteer positions. Parents are asked to select volunteer responsibilities during the registration process. Additional volunteer positions may be added later.
While we cannot run a swim team without parent volunteers, a parent or guardian not being able to volunteer should never be a barrier to your child joining the team. If there are no available positions or you cannot volunteer at a meet please email us.
Volunteer
All Meet Positions:
| Clerk of Course | Gets swimmers to proper starting lane or blocks for their events and get event slips to the Recorder. |
| Order of Finish Judge | Stands to the side of the pool and determines the order of finish as swimmers finish a race. Although times will be used to determine official order of finish, this is a failsafe in case of a malfunction with the timing system. |
| Lane Timer | Obtain official times for swimmers in their lane (regardless of which team a swimmer belongs to). |
| Meet Administrator (Scorer) | Records place finishes from the event and disqualification slips and scores on the website. Meet Administrator also verifies that the times match up with the race results as reported by Order of Finish Judges. |
| Stroke & Turn Judge | Watches each race and determines if each swimmer does the fundamental strokes properly and touches the wall properly. Also makes sure there are no early starts in relay races. If necessary, will complete the DQ slips and hand them to a Runner. STROKE AND TURN JUDGE MUST ATTEND TSA CLINIC OR COMPLETE THE ONLINE COURSE PRIOR TO SEASON. Stroke & Turn Judge can get reimbursed for the online course by sending in their receipt to the [email protected] |
| Kid Pusher | One Boys and One Girls Kid Pusher volunteers needed to gather up the swimmers to be brought to the Clerk of Course when the event is first called by the Announcer. From there, brings the swimmers, in event order, to the benches in their lane positions. |
Home Meet Only Positions:
| Announcer | Communicates to swimmers, officials, and observers over the public address system. Welcomes the visiting team to our pool, announces this years sponsors, calls for the National Anthem/Pledge, announces the officials for the evening, calls each event so the meet flows smoothly, and announces the scores through out the evening. |
Starter |
Directs swimmers to "take your mark," pauses to ensure no early start; starts each event with an appropriate starting device; calls false start if needed. This position remains stationary at the starting end of the pool. STARTER MUST ATTEND TSA CLINIC PRIOR TO SEASON. If you sign up for 1 meet to be starter, please sign up for all meets as starter (including mock meet). |
| Runner | Takes event sheets from Clerk of Course and hands them to the Order of Finish Judge prior to each stroke event. After stroke event, position takes event sheet from Order of Finish Judge and DQ sheets from Stroke and Turn Judge and delivers them to Scorekeeper. Lots of walking! |
| Concessions Manager | Prices and orders/ picks up all food before home meets. Will work with the Swim Team Board to confirm pricing and costs before purchase. |
| Concessions | Sets up and operates concession stand at home meets. This position involves some pre-meet preparation. |
| Meet Setup | Move all lounge chairs and tables to their designated areas prior to the start of a meet. Set up backstroke flags, lane ropes, chairs behind swim lanes, ribbon and announcer tables. You need to have the pool ready for warm ups which begin promptly at 5:00pm. Please arrive by 4:30pm on day of meet. |