Competitive Swimming relies heavily on volunteers to help run the meets. Regardless of season- winter or summer- parents/guardians are expected to volunteer a minimum of 3 times at dual meets during a particular season. Failure to meet your volunteer requirement will result in a $100 charge being assessed to your YMCA account. Please note: some invitationals may require parent volunteers. If your swimmer chooses to participate, you may be required to volunteer. Volunteering at an Invitational does not count toward the 3 minimum required.

You may signup to volunteer for a dual meet at any time by simply clicking on "job signup" under the meet name listed under "Meets and Events". Positions fill fast, so sign up early to get your pick!

Some volunteer positions require previous training and/or certification. These are noted in the descriptions below and on the job signups. We are always looking for parents interested in being trained/certified for these positions. If there are any course fees associated with a certification and/or training, the team will cover the fee. If you are interested in learning more about the positions that require training, please contact Heidi Palau.

Please note: Beginning Fall 2019, due to federal/state regulations, anyone that will be volunteering must complete the YMCA volunteer  packet. This includes YMCA volunteer application, criminal background check, child abuse clearance, mandated reporter and PLAY. Further information will be given about this requirement at the parent meetings held at the beginning of each season.

Meets would not run without volunteers!!

Volunteers are needed at each meet for:

Lane Timers- use a stopwatch to time each event during the meet

Head timer- Stands at side of pool and times each event. Fills in for a lane timer if their stopwatch malfunctions

Runners - collect written times from each event, place judge forms and any officials disqualification forms and deliver them to table workers

Concessions - help set up,  run and clean up snack table at home meets (only current fundraiser for the team)

Scorer – keep track of meet data, scores, etc. ( special training/ certification required)

Administrative Official (AO) - Oversees scoring, resolves timing issues (Certification required, winter team only position)

Announcer- announces events, swimmers, etc at home meets

Stroke & Turn Officials - officiate to make sure swimmers strokes are legal, etc ( Certification required) 

Starter  - Is responsible for starting each event ( certification required)

Referee - Responsible for the running of the meet and all officials ( certification required)

Lane Parent- Stand by starting block of assigned lane and make sure next swimmer is the one listed on the meet sheet

Ready Bench Parent- Helps gather swimmers for upcoming events and gets them to the lane parents

Place Judge- writes down order of finish for each lane of each event ( minimal prior training needed)