Swim Meet Volunteers

Anyone who has been to even one swim meet knows that it takes much effort on the part of parent volunteers to make it happen. SRC will be looking for help from every family during the course of the season, and we're sure that every parent can find a meet job that he/she enjoys doing. A description of the meet jobs is provided below.

Volunteer Sign-up

We currently use SignUp Genius to make volunteering easy and green! If you do not have a login, let us know. Every family (except families whose children are only swimming on the Sharkie team) needs to volunteer for at least 5 dual meet shifts. We will be doing call-outs for help with donut Fridays and pancake Fridays as well as another way to help meet volunteering requirements. If you are volunteering for a 1st shift position you must arrive a minimum of 30 minutes prior to the meet so you can get checked in and receive any information you may need for your shift (e.g., timing watches, heat sheets, etc.)

Volunteer Opportunities

Timer: This is the most popular meet job among both new and experienced swim parents. You use a stopwatch to time the swimmer in your assigned lane. There are typically three timers per lane, and the median of the times is used as the official time (or as backup for electronic timing systems). It's cooler on the pool deck and you get a much better view of the action!

Runner: After each race, the runner collects the times from the timers in each lane, and takes them to the scoring table. You stay on the move throughout the meet, so it's great exercise.

Stroke & Turn Judge: These judges determine whether a swimmer touched the end of the pool during a turn and whether the technical aspects of the swimming stroke were legal. It requires knowledge of the US Swimming stroke regulations, and a willingness to fairly disqualify swimmers when appropriate.

Deck Parent: The deck parent helps the coaches find the 8/10 & Under swimmers scheduled for upcoming events and get them psyched up for their swim.

Grill Masters: Working the grill and supporting the Snack Shack is a great place to work if you're not interested in watching the whole meet. This is an important fund raiser for the team, as we raise money for end-of-the-season awards and other extras this way. You get to interact a lot with both kids and parents.

Parent Representatives

Swim Team Leader(s): Linda Shigeta, Libby Miller
Swim Team Board Liaison(s): Maria Pickering, Michael Ketchum

Life Guards Leader(s): Jim Umbeck
Life Guards Board Liaison(s): Michael Ketchum, Sue Sander