Welcome Officials!

Swimmers need meets, and meets need officials.  The goal of officiating is to ensure fair competition in USA Swimming sanctioned, approved, and observed meets.

One of the most influential ways to be involved with swimming is to become trained and certified as an official. 

Becoming a New Official:

Introduce yourself to one of the officials at a meet.  We would love to help you through the process of Becoming an Official

Process Overview: 

  • Register with USA Swimming and establish an online account and pay annual membership  See: Create a USA Swimming Account
  • Once registered and logged in to your account, verify that your role is "Official" (not "Member" "Athlete" or "Parent") and then complete the three prerequisites below. 
  • Complete the Foundations of Officiating online clinic (located on the Education tab in your USAS account)
  • Complete the Stroke and Turn Certification Course online clinic (located on the Education tab in your USAS account)
  • Complete on-deck training sessions: at least 4 sessions over 2 meets
  • Our helpful officials will guide you through the remaining steps of evaluation and certification

 

Resources:

Standards for Becoming an Official

Courses

Professional Stroke & Turn

Professional Administrative Official

Professional Chief Judge

Professional Starter

Professional Referee

Professional Administrative Referee

 

 

News from our Chair:

New National Assistance Funding Policy

IES has updated its National Assistance Fund Policy.  Thanks to the thoughtful work of the officials committee and approval of the IES board, funding has been increased to support the increased number of officials attending sectional and above meets.  Specifically, the National Officials Committee designates it as 1 star-5 star meets (Sectionals, Futures, Jr. Nationals, TYR and Nationals).  Here is the  link for the national application.

 

 
 
Official Nametag and Shirt:

Order your name tag and shirt here:

 

 

 

Officials Committee Members:

Name:

Email

Keith Lambert (Officials Chair)

[email protected]

Jaci Downing

  

Jeff Walkley

  

Ron Van Pool

 [email protected]

Nichole Proszek

[email protected]

Rick Edge

[email protected]

Libbey Sutton