Each swim family will be required to have one parent volunteer for at least 1/2 of each swim meet (approximately 3 hours). Sign up boards will be available at the Parent Meeting on May 5th. The information is transferred to the Volunteer Binder, which is located in the wire basket and available at all times. There are positions in which young children may accompany you; however, the team cannot be held responsible for their safety. No one is allowed in the pool during the meets except team members swimming an event or warming up. If you have questions about the jobs below, please contact Diana Holther, Volunteer Coordinator.

These jobs are ideal for parents that are unable to attend many of the meets. These jobs occur outside the events of the weekend meets.

Shark-a-Thon Coordinator
Shark-a-Thon is scheduled for May 26th. Before the event, we need help with getting donations for the prizes, collating the information packet to be given to the swimmers, and collection of paperwork and money. Lots of easy volunteer jobs are available for the day of this event. They include sign-in/sign-out volunteers and lap counters. If you have any questions, contact the Ways & Means Coordinator.

Swimmer Socials Coordinator
Movie night, Championship Poster & Pizza Party, etc…Parents are needed to organize and coordinate these events. If you have other ideas or questions, please speak with the coaches or the Activities Director.

Swim Banquet Coordinator
Coordinates the end of the year Awards Banquet festivity. If you have any questions, contact the Activities Director.

Championship Program Ad Sales Coordinator
Coordinate advertising sales for team and individual swimmer ads. Collect money and insure ad placement. If you have any questions, contact the President.

These jobs are worked in two different shifts on the day of a meet. There is an early shift, which starts at check-in and goes until the end of the backstroke events. The second shift goes from end of the first shift until the end of the meet.

Setup
Assist in setting up easy ups and shade structures for timers and team parent area; PA system; tables for computer equipment, coaches, ribbon operators, and announcer; plungers for the Colorado timing system; and scoreboard and computer equipment. Arranges chairs for timers and Ready Bench and ropes off team area, if needed. During Away Meets, only the Team Area needs to be setup with our shade structures.

Take down
Takes down everything that was listed in Setup and at Home Meets ensures the pool is cleaned up for public swim usage.

Timers
Each lane has three timers, which operate timing plungers or stop watches depending up timing method being used. A Timers meeting is held for both shift timers at the beginning of the first shift to go over rules and precautions. One timer will also record the stopwatch time on the Lane Timer sheet and verify the name of the swimmer(s) in that lane.

Meet Announcer - Home Meets Only
Uses a microphone to direct swimmers, by swimming event number, to the Ready Bench and announces events, swimmers, the score and makes general announcements about concessions, etc.

Starter - Home Meets Only
Directs swimmers to the blocks, announces the event, coordinates with the Head Timer and Computer Operators to ensure they are ready, directs swimmers to "take your mark" and sees that no swimmer is in motion prior to giving the start signal. [Training Required]

Stroke and Turn Judges
Ensures that the rules for each stroke, including starts, turns and finishes, are being followed for the lanes they are assigned to. Documents rule violations on DQ slips and gives to Lane Runner. [Training Required]

Ready Bench
Using Final Meet Program, arranges swimmers in proper lane and event/heat order at ready bench area. Takes swimmers to swim lanes and lane chairs. Manages the queuing process of swimmers for the several upcoming heats and events. Works with team parents and starter to coordinate the timing of moving swimmers through the process.

Lane Runner - Home Meets Only
Collects the Lane Time sheets and the disqualification sheets (DQ slips) from the lane writers and Stroke and Turn Judges. Lane Timer sheet are delivered to the Computer Operator and the DQ slips are delivered to the Meet Referee for review and signature. Post Meet Results and delivers ribbon labels to the Ribbon Operators table.

Ribbon Operations
Places our team's ribbon labels generated by the computer on appropriate place ribbon and files them in the swimmer's mail folder.

Hospitality - Home Meets Only
Manages the preparation and delivery of snacks and drinks to the volunteers and coaches persons that are filling the various positions, which are running the meet.

Snackbar Helpers - Home Meets Only
This job requires 2 to 3 people to service customers purchasing food and drinks. The Snackbar Coordinator will coordinate the delivery of the food, ice and drinks. The morning shift will setup the snackbar and the afternoon will clean up the snackbar.

These jobs are continuous all day jobs that happen on the day of the meet.

Meet Director
Has overall authority and control of the competition and ensures that all rules are followed; assigns and instructs all officials and decides all questions relating to the conduct of the meet. [Training and Experience Required]

Team Parent
For every age group (except 13-14s and 15-18s), separate for male and female, we need two parents to be responsible for the swimmers of said group to get them to the ready bench in a timely manner. The Head Team Parent will provide training and Event sheets noting what events and lanes their swimmers are swimming in.

Head Timer - Home Meets Only
Directs timers to clear watches. Maintains two backup watches to time races for each event in the event a timer has difficulty with their watch. Works with meet Starter to signal start of race.

Computer Meet Operators - Home Meets Only
There are two types of Computer Meet Operators--Software Operator and Console Operator. Software Operator works closely with the coaches, enters the meet entries into Team Manager software program, and print reports for the coaches prior to and after every meet. Also, works with coaches on the day of the meet during scratch, enters scratch changes into Meet Manager software program, prints and disburses Meet Programs to officials and coaches; Lane Timer sheets to timers; Meet Results; and ribbon labels to Ribbon Operators. Downloads times from Colorado Console and troubleshoots any issues with regards to times or swimmer entries. [Training & Executive Board Approval Required]

Console Operator records/saves each race (event/heat). Coordinates with Starter to let him/her know the console is ready for the next race. [Training & Executive Board Approval Required]