All swim team families are expected to volunteer for a minimum of 3 to 4 out of the 7 swim meets (this includes time trials) during the season. Please note that practice, socials and the TSA meet do not count towards your requirement. Children whose families fail to meet this requirement may be removed from meet line-ups, receive a fine or be assigned a volunteer duty of the swim team coordinators discretion. Swim meets require A LOT of volunteers for them to run properly - if you do not sign up then someone else is having to do double the work. Please use the links below to sign up for volunteer responsibilities. Here is a list of volunteer options:
- Clerk of Course - Lines up swimmers for every event - Experience Needed
- Stroke & Turn Judge - Requires class for certification - Experience needed
- Announcer - Announces the meet and scores
- Starter - Begins all events - Experience and a class for instruction needed
- Kid Pusher - Help with swimmers 10 and under write their team number on their upper arm and the events they are swimming on the sides of their arm. They must be able to arrive at 4:30 for home meets and 4:45 for away meets. Line up swimmers by sex and age group, 2 parents assigned to each age group 10 and under
- Runner - Takes main event sheets from Clerk of Course to the Recorder to the Scorers
- Recorder - Records the results of main events only
- Ribbon Writer - Records main event swimmers on placement ribbons
- Scorer - Scores the meet from judges results
- Ribbon Distributor - Distributes heat ribbons at the conclusion of each race
- Timers - Times all events and all heats
- Judges - Decides order of finish in main events - Experience not required but appreciated
- Food (only for home meets) - Set up food to be sold during home swim meets, sell food, distribute water to meet volunteers, clean up food after the end of the butterfly event.
Click on the buttons below to sign-up as a volunteer!
White Buttons indicate Home swim meets, while dark buttons indicate away meets.
Volunteer Help
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