Parent Volunteering
The success of our swim team requires many hours of volunteer time. It takes about 22 volunteers to run a swim meet. In order to pull this off we are asking all families to support the team by volunteering. This not only makes our swim meets possible but you will have more fun by participating in the event.
EACH FAMILY WILL NEED TO PROVIDE A $50 WORKBOND CHECK DATED 8-1-26. THIS WILL BE DEPOSITED IF YOU DO NOT FULFILL THE VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS AND WORK 3 MEETS.
Jobs:
Volunteer Descriptions:
( ) = how many volunteers needed per meet
Officials: (2) Run the meet, interpret the rules, and monitor swimmer’s stroke and turn execution. Officials need to be certified through a clinic.
Timers/Backup Timer: (7) Timers are responsible for timing each race using a stopwatch provided by the team. There is a timer from each team working each lane, but the home team timer writes both times down on the card and then gives it to the runner. The backup timer starts the watch at the beginning of the race and helps any timer whose stopwatch didn’t start correctly.
Finish Judge/Across the board: (1) Stands at the finishing end of the pool and marks who finishes in what place. Place is usually determined by the swimmer’s time, but if two swimmers tie according to the stopwatches, the place judge results may be used to overrule the time.
Runner: (1-2) Collects the timers and finish judges’ slips and delivers them to the scorer’s table at home meets.
Marshaller:(1-2) Make sure the kids get to the correct lane and behind the block in time for their races
Concession Stand: (2) Sells concessions at the home meets. Collects parent donations and checks family names off for each donation.
50/50 Raffle Sales: (2)Sells 50/50 Raffle tickets.
Set up / break down: (3-5) Setting up the pool for the swim meet. Removing ladders and diving boards, setting up starting blocks, flags, lane lines, and tables. After the meet, we need to undo everything we just did.
