Please access MySignUp from the Stingrays home page to volunteer for each meet.
Volunteer Positions
The Starter starts each heat with the announcement of the age and stroke and the words 'Swimmers take your marks', then pauses to make sure that all swimmers are motionless, and then gives an electronic sound or a blast of a whistle. He/she shall be the sole judge of false starts and all false starts shall be restarted.
The Announcer is responsible for calling the event number, age group, sex, and event name so that the swimmers will know when to report to the ready bench.
The Lane Timers keep an accurate time (using a stopwatch) of the swimmer in the lane to which they are assigned and record all three times on the event card at the end of the event.
The Stroke Judges observe strokes, turns, and finishes to see that swimmers comply with requirements for that stroke.
The False Start Judge drops the false-start rope into the water only when the starter signals a false start and will also be responsible for flipping the event board.
The Exchange Judges are responsible for observing exchanges in all relay events.
Ready Bench workers organize the swimmers into pre-determined heats before the start of each event.
Runners are responsible for delivering the completed event cards and DQ forms for each race from the timers and judges to the scoring table.
Scoring/Ribbon Officials identify the official time for each swimmer in an event and determine the official order of finish, according to the recorded times. They keep an accurate count of the team points as the meet progresses, post official results, and prepare ribbons.
Team Parents check in the swimmers in their age group upon their arrival at the meet. During the meet, they are responsible for distributing event cards and seeing that the swimmers make it to the ready bench with their event cards in hand.
The Set-Up/Clean-Up Crews set up covers, ropes, tables and chairs in preparation for the meet, and take down and store these items at the end of the meet.
The Concessions Group sets up and operates the concession stand throughout the meet. This includes purchasing items and transporting them to and from the meet, taking inventory of items and organizing baked goods donations. At the conclusion of the meet, they take down the stand and store it for use at the next meet.
The 2010 Stingrays volunteer coordinators are Anne Hoffa (hoffafamily@aol.com) and Kathy Potral (bikerider0508@yahoo.com) and Patty Frear (danfrear@yahoo.com) .
