We cannot run a swim meet without volunteers, therefore parents are vital to their success. A meet requires approximately 30-35 volunteers in order to run. Most meets require at least one parent per family to volunteer. The CVI and the League meet will require ALL family members to volunteer. We will absolutely need all hands on deck. 

Job assignments are listed below. Parents will have the opportunity to be “trained” on various jobs at the Red & Blue meet in June and throughout the season. 

Volunteer Expectations

• Sign up to volunteer for each meet on the Schedule page
• Check in at table when you arrive at the meet
• Arrive early - at least 30 minutes before the meet starts
• If you are timing/finish judge/stroke and turn judge, you will need to attend a timers meeting about 20 minutes before the meet starts

Volunteer Positions and Descriptions

Set up / Clean up - Arrives early and helps with set up and stays to clean up after a meet. (Home meet)

Concession Stand - (committee) - Assist in staffing the concession stand. Help customers, handling food and money. Help with set up and tear down are involved. Parents who volunteer for this “behind the scenes job” will be able to leave and see their swimmer swim. (Home Meet)

Staging - Responsible for assembling and lining up the swimmers in time for their events. (Home and Away Meets)

Timers - Uses a stopwatch provided by the team to record a swimmers’ time for each heat. Need 1 timer for each lane for both home and away meets (time ½ the meet). If your stopwatch malfunctions, raise your hand and the Head Timer will time the heat. (Home and Away Meets)

Head Timer - Records times from each timer in each lane. (Home Meets)

Back up Timer - Times each heat and provides a back up for any timer that might miss timing an event. (Home Meets)

Runner - Picks up finish times and results from each lane and Finish Judge and reports to the scorers table. (Home Meets)

Finish Judge - Records the accurate order of finish for each lane. (Home and Away Meets)

Scoring - Work at the scorer’s table to record finishes and tracks the team cumulative score for all dual meets. (Home and Away Meets)

Ribbons/Awards - Prepare ribbons during home meets for both teams. Receives labels from scoring table and attaches them to the appropriate ribbons. (Home Meets)

Floater - Goes where needed during home meets, helps with breaks. (Home Meets)

Announcer - Uses the microphone to announce each event and the names of the swimmers in each heat. Also, announces the score and makes other public announcements as needed. (Home Meets)

Stroke and Turn Judge - Watches assigned lanes to insure that correct strokes are being swam and proper turns are being made by the swimmers. This person needs to attend the Stoke and Turn Clinic before the season. (Home and Away Meets)