Team"Work" Assignments

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Job Descriptions

Referee:

The official in charge of the meet; the final authority in all matters concerning the conduct of the meet.

Starter: (2)

The official who starts each heat of the meet.

Stroke & Turn Judge: (8)

Swim officials assigned by and working for the referee to judge the swimming conformance with the rules for the event being swum. Non-conformance, frequently referred to as “DQ” or disqualification, is reported to the referee.

Scorer: (2)

Determines official swim times from score cards, keeps track of team records, and submits meet results to VPSU.

Other Positions:

No special training required – we can teach you quickly before the meet or “on the job”:

Clerk of Course: (4)

Assembles all of the swimmers into their correct lane/heat and distributes deck cards to each swimmer.

Announcer: (2)

The announcer announces the upcoming events at the clerk of course’s request.

Sweeps Judge: (3)

Determines visual order of finish of swimmers for each race.

Head Timer: (2)

Supervises Lane Timers during meets, signals to Referee when Timers have cleared watches, maintains watches are in proper working order, and helps schedule Timers for all meets.

Lane Timer / Lane Recorder: (18) (3 per lane)

Uses a stopwatch to get accurate times for each swimmer. Reports to Head Timer. Additionally the timer who is designated as the Lane Recorder ( one of the three timers) will, besides timing, record all times for each race onto the deck card, and then give these cards to the deck runners.

Deck Runner: (4)

Collects deck cards from recorders after each event and deposits them at the scoring table.

Ribbons: (6)

Records swimmer times on the appropriate ribbons.

Concessions: (6)

Preparing and selling food to hungry swimmers and their families