⭐️BST IS A VOLUNTEER RUN ORGANIZATION!⭐️

We appreciate the enthusiasm our parents bring to the team every summer. Thanks for your participation!

All BST families are required to work 3 meets each season. ** Selection of volunteer shifts is available during registration. If you are unsure where to volunteer, just do your best to choose a role you think you can fulfill & the volunteer coordinators will adjust as needed.

**Families with swimmers age 6 and under only are exempt from meet shifts.

Volunteer shifts can be changed up to the end of the first week. After that you must contact the volunteer coordinators to make changes.

If you are new to the sport of swimming, you might prefer to choose roles such as timer, runner, ribbons, or concessions. 

Volunteers should check-in by 4:30pm with the Volunteer Coordinators. All meet shifts are for the entire length of the meet.

VOLUNTEER ROLE DESCRIPTIONS

CONCESSIONS

Work concession stand during the meet, help set up prior to start of meet, and help clean up the concessions area at the end of the meet.

TIMERS

Work with a partner from our team to time our swimmers in one lane. No experience necessary.

RUNNER

Home meets only, responsible for collecting the Finish Judge sheets, Timer sheets, and DQ sheets from the Stroke Judges and delivering to the Data Entry & Ribbos tables. No experience necessary.

DATA ENTRY/SCOREKEEPER

Receive timer sheets from Sorter and enter the swimmer’s times for all Events/Heats into the provided computer and computer program.

STARTER

Home meets only. Welcomes the teams and starts all the heats. He/she announces the event and the heat number, places the swimmers in the start position, and begins the race. He/she is responsible for calling false starts. 

It is recommended that you attend Stroke Judge/Starter Clinic prior to swim meet season start. Check the schedule for date/time.

EVENT/HEAT BOARD AND STARTER ASSISTANT

Home meets only, stands near the Event/Heat Board and is responsible to flipping the numbers to accurately show the correct race event and heat numbers. Also responsible for assisting the Starter by helping move the speaker system as needed. No experience necessary.

STROKE JUDGE

At each meet, one per team is designated and trained to call all stroke infractions and record the infractions on a disqualification (DQ) sheet. 

All Stroke Judges are required to attend the Stroke Judge Clinic this will count as one volunteer shift. Check the schedule for date/time.

FINISH JUDGE

Watches as the swimmers touch at the end of each race determining who is 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in coordination with a finish judge from the opposing team. 

SWIMMER CONTROL (BOY/GIRL)

Swimmer Control assists the coaches with finding & lining up swimmers for their events. Some familiarity reading heat sheets is helpful.

RIBBON FILER AND SORTER

Adheres provided labels to ribbons for swimmers according to results from the finish judges. Files ribbons into swimmer's files for pick up.

In some meets, ribbons are passed out directly to the swimmers as they exit the pool. In this case, the ribbon filers would be in charge of that.