Volunteer Information

Davidsonville Gators Swim Team

Davidsonville Swim Team couldn’t operate without the assistance of parent volunteers.

There’s a lot of work required to pull a swim season and we are requiring each family volunteer for a minimum of three (3) volunteer shifts at swim meets throughout the season. The jobs for which you can receive credit are listed in the Volunteer Jobs Descriptions section. Signups are first come, first serve, and volunteer jobs will be posted on the “Meets & Events” tab of the DST website.

Families with only a swimmer on the pre-team are not required to volunteer, but highly encouraged to volunteer if possible.

Volunteer Job Descriptions

Job	Description
Starter	Calls the swimmers to their start positions, and starts each race using the horn and strobe light after determining that the swimmers are in position and ready. This job requires officials/starter training.
Announcer	Uses the PA system to announce upcoming events, results, and other information.
Stroke & Turn Judge	Determines the swimmers starts, strokes, and finishes are correct and legal according to the USA swimming rules. Disqualifies swimmers when appropriate. Completion of GASL or USA Swimming officials training required.
Clerk of Course	Oversees Clerk of Course area and helps gets the swimmers organized by event, heat, and lane in the staging area using the meet program so they are ready to go on deck for their event in a timely fashion. Critical to keeping the meet moving and on time. Experienced volunteer preferred.
Lane Organizer	Assists Clerk of Course with getting swimmers organized by event, heat, and lane in the staging area using the meet program so they are ready to go on deck for their event in a timely fashion. Critical to keeping the meet moving and on time.
Kid Finder	Locates any missing children prior to the start of the event and assists the lane organizer.
Timer	Times the swimmer in their assigned lane for each event using a stopwatch provided by the team. One timer in each lane also needs to fill in all the stopwatch times on the heat sheet and hand the sheets to the sheet runner as they are completed. There will be a timers’ meeting prior to the start of the meet.
Head Timer	Starts extra watches for each race in case any of the timers miss the start and brings the started watch to timers who indicate a need. There will be a timers’ meeting prior to the start of the meet.
Sheet Runner	Collects the timing sheets from each timer and brings them to the computer workers for entry.
Meet Set Up/Clean Up	Sets up pool for meet and cleans up after the meet including clearing furniture from pool deck, putting up/taking down tents, setting up swimmer staging area, PA system, lane lines, flags, etc.
Computer	Inputs the scores from each event and record the results following each race during the meet. Tracks the team scores. Requires training in use of the computer program.
Concessions	Sells concessions at the meets, assists with set-up and tear down of concession stand.
Parking	Assists with directing parking prior to the start of the meet.
Ribbons	Takes the labels produced by the computer person and affixes the labels to the ribbons by swimmer last name in team file. The ribbons are then placed in the team folders each week. This job can be completed at home after the meet.
Heat Ribbon Distributor	Passes out a heat ribbon to each swimmer that has won the heat for that event.
Practice Monitor	Ensures adherence to the DST Code of Conduct during practices.

DAA Swimming

Commissioner: Lisa Gebbia
swimming@daagators.org