Mission:  Metropolitan Swimming shall promote, develop and improve competitive swimming through education, support and opportunities for participation to a diverse swimming community.
Vision:  To inspire and provide quality opportunities for our members to achieve excellence in the sport of competitive swimming.
 
Metropolitan Swimming stands with our community against racist actions, incendiary statements, and violence against any person. This means we must engage individuals throughout our member community in tough conversations about inequalities, identify the signs of systematic racism, and share proven solutions.

Metropolitan Swimming Officials Committee Resource Page

Officials Committee Chairs - Elaine Ang and Ken Graham ([email protected])

Officials Committee

Kate Hallex, Administrative Vice Chair ( adminvicechair @metroswimming.org)
Jennifer Bancroft, At-large member ( [email protected])
Vacant, Advancement and Certifcation Coordinator
Fiona O'Donnell-McCarthy, Athlete Representative ( [email protected])
Darryl Strabuk, New Officials' Training Coordinator ([email protected])
Vacant, Athlete Representative

In order to complete the process of advancing to certified Referee, all apprentice Referees must, after their sixth apprentice session, receive positive assessments from two (2) of the people on the Deck Referee list (these people have also been approved as final mentors/evaluators for Starters).

In order to complete the process of advancing to certified Starter, all apprentice Starters must, after their sixth apprentice session, receive a positive assessment from one (2) of the people on either the DR list or the SR list.

Please direct questions regarding the advancement process to the Advancement Coordinator.

The following lists of Metro Mentors/Final Evaluators are effective through 8/31/2023

Those following have been designated as mentors/final evaluators for apprentice Deck Referees (and as mentors/final evaluators for apprentice Starters):

Name Email Address
Elaine Ang [email protected]
Julie Chen [email protected]
Jeff Chu [email protected]
Ken Graham [email protected]
Sandy Graham [email protected]
Annette Mackrel [email protected]
Phil Paspalas [email protected]
Ron Sommer [email protected]
Darryl Strabuk [email protected]
Allen Wone [email protected]

 

 

In addition to those listed above, the following have been designated as final mentor/evaluators for apprentice Starters:

Name Email Address
Jennifer Bancroft [email protected]
Mike Beehler [email protected]
Lamar DeCasseres [email protected]
Ann Fosteris [email protected]
Jeff Lewis [email protected]
Jacky Spierer [email protected]

 

What is a False Start

Officials' Forms