Volunteer Job Descriptions

Timers-  This is the most popular meet job among both new and experienced parents.  You use a stop watch to time the swimmer in your assigned lane.  There are typically 3 timers per lane, 2 from the home team and 1 from the away team.  The median of the times is used for the official time.

Back-up timer-  Time each race and be available to step into a particular lane if one of the timers misses the start.

Runner-  After each race the runner collects the times from the timers in each lane along with finish judge card and takes them to the scoring table.

Finish judge-  These judges stand at the end of the pool and observe the end of the race.  They help decide the order in which the swimmers finish the event(i.e., who came in 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.)  No technical knowledge of swimming is required, but it does require focusing your attention especially on close races.

Stroke and Turn judge-  These judges determine whether a swimmer touched the end of the pool during a turn and whether the technical aspects of the swimming stroke were legal.  You are required to take a class to become a Stroke and Turn Judge.

Scorer-Reader (home meets only) –  As time sheets are received by the runner, they are put in lane order, median times are verified, DQ slips are attached to the appropriate time sheet and marked as DQ. Then the sheets are read to the Scorer-Computer for entry.

Scorer-Computer  – is trained in the Meet Manager software and operates the program during the meet to input times, modify line-ups if necessary, print ribbon labels, give the overall score to the announcer periodically and other functions as necessary. At the conclusion of the meet, the results are copied to a flash drive for the visiting team and printed.

Starter-  The starter starts each race and ensures that the swimmers start simultaneously.

Announcer-  This is a great job for someone with a strong voice and outgoing personality.  The announcer works with the Starter to make sure the meet runs quickly and smoothly.

Bullpen -  This person(s) corrals the younger kids for their events and gets them lined up behind the blocks.

Heat Winner Prizes - After each individual race (No relays) - this person will hand a prize out to each winner of the event

Ribbon Writer-  This person takes the labels from the person running Meet Manager and puts them on the back of the ribbons and into each child's family folder.

Meet Set-up-  Move the deck chairs, set up the tables for the scores, computers and ribbon writers.  Put up the race numbers, lane lines, back stroke flags and bullpen chairs.  Set up sound system.

Meet Clean-up-  These people need to stay after the meet to help put the deck chairs back where they belong, put the tables back in the club house, empty the trash and basically clean-up after the meet.