Volunteers and
Officers are always needed! Anyone is welcome to attend the meetings and assistance
is needed in all swim team areas. Below is a listing of our present Parent's Committee
members followed by a description of the volunteer positions. If you have
any questions, please contact Victoria Whetzel, Swim Team Parent's Committee
President by email or phone (577-2208).
Please sign up for one of the following positions to help with our 2008 Barracuda Swim Team season. Our meets will be held on Tuesday evenings, starting June 17th. You are required to work 3 points (each job has a point value) and we will be glad to train you!
Training will take place the morning of our "Mock Meet," Saturday, June 14th at 8 a.m.
It is each volunteer's responsibility to find a replacement if they are unable to keep their commitment. Please advise me of your replacements name as soon as possible.
There are many volunteer opportunities during the season. Each family is required to earn a minimum of three points. Below is an explanation of each volunteer job:
Clerk of Course– Very Important Position. This individual helps the swimmers line up as the coaches have assigned them. If a swimmer in the main heat swims out of his or her heat or in the wrong lane, he or she is automatically disqualified. Each team is responsible for one clerk of course per meet.
Announcer– The only requirement is a good voice and a thorough understanding of the order of events. We need one announcer per home swim meet.
Place Judges– There are six place judges for each meet and they only judge the main event heats. The judges determine the 1st through 6th place swimmers and handle any disputes about how the swimmers place. Each team provides three place judges per meet.
Timers– Each timer is responsible for recording the swimmers’ times in their assigned lane and recording it on their time sheets or (in the case when a swimmer is from the opposing team) giving the time to the nearest timer from that team. Since half the lanes in the pool will be assigned to each team, the number of timers will vary according to the size of the pool. Our home pool has 10 lanes, but other pools where we swim may have 6 or 8 lanes.
Recorder– This volunteer records the places in the main heat and submits the record to the official scoring table via a runner. We need one recorder for each home meet.
Heat Ribbon Distributors– These individuals hand out heat winner and participant ribbons to the swimmers who did not swim in the main heats. We need two volunteers for each home meet.
Ribbon Writers– These individuals take the place information from the scorer and record it onto the ribbons. We need two volunteers per home meet.
Runner– One volunteer takes the heat sheet from the clerk of course to the recorder at the start of each main event. Another volunteer takes the heat sheet from the recorder and the DQ slips from the stroke and turn judges to the scorers’ table. Both periodically collect time sheets from our timers and take them to the data entry table.
Scorer– This volunteer, as well as the scorer from the opposing team, is responsible for recording the swimmers’ times, placements, DQs and keeping a running tally of points per team.
Data Entry - Enter the swimmers’ times into the team computer using the data collected from the timers.
Starter– Very Important Position. This individual starts the races by running the starter equipment. We need one starter per home meet.
Stroke and Turn Judges– The judges watch the swimmers and determine if they are properly swimming each stroke. The judges are required to attend an annual Stroke and Turn Clinic. Each team will provide one stroke and turn judge per meet.
Kid Pushers– Involves chaperoning a specific age group at the meets and getting those swimmers in the proper order to the Clerk of Course in time for their event. We need fifteen parent supervisors per meet.
Set Up and Clean Up - need we say more?
Concession Sales– This involves monitoring the concession table during the home swim meets. The concession sales are a fundraiser for the team. We need three volunteers per home meet.
Hospitality– This individual works with the concession stand to provide ice water and some snacks to volunteers from both teams during the swim meet. We need one volunteer per home meet.
Garbage - empty filled trash cans during the course of the meet--no, it's not glamorous.
Tattoos and Numbers - These volunteers arrive early, before the swimmers, to be available to write numbers and put tattoos on the swimmers.
