Jonestown Swim Team

Swimming is unique in that it requires volunteers to run a successful meet and season. Summer swim meets are only possible when every volunteer position is filled. We are a small team and need the help and dedication of every member to run an efficient meet.

Families will be required to volunteer at every meet, both home and away, in which they have a swimmer participating.  This may include timing, stroke and turn judge, runner, sell concessions or various other duties.  A typical "volunteer shift" usually includes the first or second half of a swim meet and we expect every swimmer's family to supply one volunteer per half of each meet.  We thank you in advance for your willingness to support your swimmer and our team!

The various jobs and a brief description of the duties involved are listed below:

• Timer – Assigned a lane and issued a stopwatch. The Timer is responsible for manually stopping the stopwatch when the swimmer in their assigned lane touches the wall. This job does requires standing throughout the shift. 
• Stroke and Turn Judge - Determines if the swimmers are performing the strokes and turns correctly. Experience is helpful, but training is provided. Stroke/Turn Judges are required to attend a Stroke and Turn clinic prior to the start of the season (see Clinic dates listed on sidebar). 
• Runner (home meets only) – Picks up sheets after they are complete and delivers them to the score table. Runners will also pick up disqualification slips from stroke judges and deliver them to the score table.  
• Hospitality/Concessions (home meets only) – Provide waters to timers, computer volunteers and judges. Sells concessions during the meets
• Traffic (home meets only) – Traffic volunteers will put signs to direct traffic and to block off parking along the street and in the parking lot. The Traffic individuals will be directing ALL swim meet traffic to approved parking places.