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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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