B Meet Volunteer Descriptions
| B Meet Coordinator |
Responsible for organizing and running B meets. |
| National Anthem |
Sing the National Anthem at the start of the meet |
| Announcer |
Calls up events and announces names of swimmers in each event. |
| Data input |
Enters each events scores and times into the computer with “Touch Pad”. The software keeps a cumulative score of each event and the meet. Each team provides a Data Entry person, and they work together to confirm accuracy. At the concussion of the meet copies of the files are given to the other team. |
| Data input assistant |
Sorts results cards and reads them to the data entry person |
| Ribbon Writer |
Places labels on ribbons indicating swimmer’s event, age group, and time, on the morning following a dual meet. Labels are printed out after the meet’s data are entered |
| Chief Timer |
Starts two watches for each heat and watches to see if any lane timer indicates that s/he missed the start. If so, the back-up timer gets the finish time for that lane |
| Timer |
Time the swimmers in each race using stopwatches provided by each respective team. One Timer records all times on the score cards |
| Lane Parent |
Take the cards from the swimmer just before the race and brings it down to the timer at the opposite end of the pool |
| Runner Lane |
Take the cards from the swimmer just before the race and brings it down to the timer at the opposite end of the pool |
| Clerk of course (Cards) |
Distributes Entry Cards to the appropriate swimmers as events progress through the meet. |
| Staging |
Places swimmers in Event - Heat - Lane order |
| Stager Escort |
Walks the swimmers from the staging area to the appropriate blocks |
| First Place Ticket |
Distributes a coupon to the winner of each heat to be claimed at the prize box located a the scoring table |
| First Place Prize Box |
Winner of each heat is allowed to reaching and pull out a surprise prize. |
| Apparel Table |
Sells team clothing |