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Volunteer Job Descriptions

50/50 Raffle (1 for first half at home meets only)

  • Walk around selling raffle tickets
  • Draw and announce winner after the first half of the meet

Clerk of Course (2 per half)

  • Attends scratch meeting prior to the start of the meet
  • Organizes swimmers for their heats and events in chairs/benches
  • Writes event numbers on whiteboard so swimmers know what events they are seating

Concessions (2 per half for home meets only)

  • Sell concessions during the meet

Head Timer (1 per half for home meets only)

  • Attend timer meeting prior to the start of the meet
  • Starts 2 back-up stopwatches for each event

Heat Ribbon Distributor (1 per half for home meets only)

  • Hands our heat winner ribbon to winner of each race

Hospitality (1 per half for home meets only)

  • Walks around with a cooler on wheels offering bottled water to coaches and volunteers

IT Helper/Scorer (1 per half)

  • Works with lead IT to verify race times
  • Posts race results

Ribbon Writer (1 for 2nd half only)

  • Attaches stickers to ribbons
  • Organizes ribbons in file folders

Runner (1 per half)

  • Collects timer sheets and DQ sheets and delivers them to the IT table

Safety Marshall (1 per half)

  • Wears safety vest
  • Walks the pool deck and bathrooms enforcing safety rules for their entire shift
  • Reports any concerts to team reps

Stroke and Turn Officials (2 positions per half)

  • Requires preseason training
  • Observe strokes, turns, and finishes to ensure swimmers comply with rules
  • Records all disqualifications

Timer (9 positions per half)

  • Attend timer meeting prior to the start of the meet
  • Check to ensure they have the correct swimmer
  • Uses stopwatch to time swimmers
  • 3 timers per lane
  • 1 timer per lane records all 3 times on the sheet provided
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