MEET VOLUNTEERING
STAR Swim Team is a parent-run organization driven by the commitment of its members. STAR families show their support for the swimmers and the coaching staff by paying their membership fees promptly.
Why volunteer:
- Your child benefits greatly from the program.
- Most clubs cannot function without substantial volunteer help.
- The economics are not there for a full professional staff to do all the things that need doing
- You are on the deck with your swimmer
- You get free food and drink
- You meet new people
Volunteer Commitment
STAR hosts 2 meets in Fall/Winter session and 1 meet in Summer session. STAR staff cannot run a swim meet on their own. They need a lot of volunteers. ALL STAR families are required to contribute at least one session for each meet. It does not matter if your child is in the swim meet or not.
Jobs needed for swim meet
Meet Marshall: need 1 or 2 for each session – must arrive 15 minutes before the warm-ups start time. Maintains an ongoing presence on the pool deck to ensure swimmers are following rules of safety (no running around the deck) and there are no people on the deck without a clearance. Assists meet officials, swimmers, coaches, and spectators as necessary.
Experience required: None.
Announcer: need 1 for each session. Need to arrive 30 minutes before the start of the session. The announcer introduces information about the event, heat and lane.
Experience required: None.
Check-in Clerk: need 1 for each session – Need to arrive 15 minutes before the warm-ups start time. Monitor team, officials, and coaches check-ins. Once this position is complete can assist in any other position needed.
Experience required: None.
Head Timer: need 1 for each session. Needs to arrive 45 minutes before the start of the session. Make sure all the watches are working properly. Put all the heat sheets for each lane in order and distribute watches. Runs back up watches on each event.
Experience required: None.
Timers: need 17 timers for each session (must be 11 years old or older) – Need to arrive 45 minutes before session start time. Two timers per lane, one person operates the stopwatch, and one person pushes the electronic timing button at the finish. Timers are also responsible for lining up swimmers in the correct order according to the program and manually recording each swimmer’s stopwatch time.
Experience required: None.
Runner: need 2 for each session – Need to arrive 30 minutes before the start time of the session. Collect events’ heat sheet from timers and bring it to the admin table. Go around the deck and collect any disqualification slips from officials and give them to the meet referee.
Experience required: None.
Colorado Timing Equipment Operators: need 2 for each session – must arrive 45 minutes before session start time. Responsible for operating the electronic timing equipment, start and stop times for each event/heat, reports discrepancies to admin officials. People willing to train in this position at the meet are always needed.
Computer Operator: need 1 for each session – Need to arrive 45 minutes before session start time. Assist the meet manager to transfer time results from Colorado to the computer – Enter any disqualification into the result. People willing to train in this position at the meet are always needed.
Heat Winner Awards: need 1 for each session – Need to arrive 30 minutes before the session start time. Give a prize to each heat winner.
Experience required: None.
Hospitality: need 2 to 4 for each session. Assist with food preparation for our hospitality area, deliver drinks and snacks to workers, coaches, and officials on deck.
Experience required: None.
Concessions: need 3-4 each session. Assist with concession sales, restocking and maintenance of the concession’s booth.
Experience required: None.
Facility: need 1-2 for each session – Need to arrive 15 minutes prior to warm-ups starts. Work with Meet Marshall to be sure rules of safety are being followed throughout the swimming venue. Guide people where to go. Make sure people without a clearance stay away from the deck and spectators are not allowed in the athlete locker room. Assist spectators and swimmers as necessary.
Experience required: None.
Order of Finish: need 1 for each session. Sit poolside and get the swimmers’ order of finish for each heat (ex: 4, 6, 1, 2, 7, 8, 3, 5 finished in that order).
Experience required: None.
How do I sign up?
- Log into the STAR website.
- Find the meet that needs volunteers
- Click “Job Signup” button
- Select the desire date/time and the position
- Click on Sign up
