Officiating
All Midlakes Officials are required to attend at least one training prior to each season.
Updates from Midlakes Officials Administrator will be sent out periodically throughout the season. Feel free to contact the Officials Administrator via e-mail if you have any questions.
If you need verification that your Club's Officials have completed training, please contact the Officials Administrator directly.
Officials Administrator:
2025 Midlakes Officials Training
Officials are required to attend training before being allowed to work on deck, with the exception of USA Swimming certified officials, who only need to attend clinics if they plan to work above their USA certification. Please select one clinic to attend:
Comprehensive Stroke & Turn: This class is for new and inexperienced officials who have worked for less than two years. This is a longer class which will include more video examples. Dates: May 19, May 29, May 31, June 3
S&T Recertification & Starter/Referee: This class is for experienced officials. The first half is a shorter stroke & turn class, and the second half is for starter/referee training. S&T only needs to attend the first part, while starter/referees must attend the entire session (except for USA Swimming S&T officials). Dates: May 20, May 28, May 31, June 3
I will distribute more information and more precise timelines closer to the meetings - the basic timelines are in the sign up.
The Sign-Up Genius Link for training is here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094EACA823A0FD0-56608721-2025
And the Zoom link for the training sessions is here:
Topic: Midlakes Officials Training
Join Zoom Meeting
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Passcode: 489794
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2025 Roster of USA Swimming Officials
If you are certified as a USA Swimming official, please add your name to the roster. As stated above, you do not need to attend training unless you plan to work a role above your USA Swimming certification. Please be sure to show your team Safe Sport representative your APT training certification. Sign up here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094EACA823A0FD0-56609474-2025
Head of Officials Contact Information
James Weinrod
425-444-0384
Starters and Referees must be separate positions and Midlakes-certified. They do NOT have to be USA-certified.
If you can staff a Chief Judge to supervise and support S&T Officials, great, but it is not required.
Relay Exchange judges do NOT need to attend Midlakes training, but we certainly encourage it to develop skills. Relay judges MUST be trained on their responsibilities by the Referee at each meet.
M. Officials for Meets (Midlakes Operating Plan)
- Dual Meet Officials should include (minimum):
- 1 Meet Referee each half, who at minimum has attended the Midlakes Starter/Referee training for the current year
- 1 Starter each half, who has attended the Midlakes Starter training for the current year, and who may NOT act as referee while simultaneously acting as Starter
- 1 Chief Judge Official each half, who provides guidance to S&T Judges, checks DQ slips, and assists the Referee. This is OPTIONAL, but should be filled if possible
- 2 Stroke and Turn Officials (one from each team) each half
- If USA swimming officials are present, the preferred hierarchy to fill roles is:
- Meet Referee
- Chief Judge
- Starter
- Eg - if one USA-certified official is present, s/he will serve as Referee. If 2 USA officials are present, the Referee and CJ positions should be filled, etc.
Additional required volunteers:
2 Relay Exchange judges for 200-relays; 4 judges for 100-relay
Rule update (posted in 2016)
USA swimming changed the rule on Kinesio Tape a short time ago but after all Midlakes training was held. Since the board did not vote on the change prior to the season starting, the Midlakes rule stays the same for 2016 and beyond. Tape is allowed with an accompanied doctors note.
