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Wow! Can you believe that it takes approximately 45 volunteers
per session to make a swim meet happen? Thanks to all
who volunteered their precious time to support your swimmers. We
appreciate your hard work. Don’t know what to volunteer
for? Hopefully the following information will answer some if
not all of your questions.
October
Challenge
Volunteer
List
*Meet
Referee :Governs overall meet
*Starter-
Announcer-Announces
events (first call, event 1, heat 2)
Announcer in
Training
Competition
Director-
Receives entries from other teams, loads in to meet
manager and on day of meet, runs timing system
Timing System
Operators -
Operates timing system and computers (when your swimmer
touches the touch pad, this feeds info. to the timing panel where
the operators can make sure the time is accurate and print out
results)
Meet
Director-
Is on deck the entire meet, directing volunteers and
trouble shoots to make the meet run as efficiently as
possible
*Stroke & Turn
Officials-
Have the duties of watching swimmers at start, turns and
finishes of race and will determine any disqualification of
swimmers.
Clerk of
Course-
Swimmers and coaches check in with these volunteers for
positive deck entries and for coach’s packages
Head
Timer-
Coordinates timers on day of meet, explains to timers
how to use stop watches and touch panel button, works two stop
watches to be used for back up of timers, if error
occurs.
Timers
Two timers per lane, one timer will work stop watch and
touch pad button, the other will work stop watch and write down
times. Be prepared to get a little wet!
Ribbons
This position entails collecting the results from the
system operators and collating the different ribbons and placing
the results on back.
Heat
Runners
Collects heat cards from timers and forwards to systems
operators
Hospitality– This room is for officials
only. This volunteer position/s has the task of collecting
donations of food, cooking and running the hospitality room for the
meet.
Hospitality
Runner
These volunteers are the little angels that bring you
the water, snacks and soda’s to the volunteers who are timing
and working the computer system.
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