Welcome to the Indigo Park Stingrays Swim team. Volunteers are an integral component of a successful summer swim team season. The information below is designed to assist families in planning and selecting jobs that suit their experience and strengths.  Volunteering is a requirement of having a swimmer on the swim team!

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator for any questions at [email protected], and thank you for donating your time this swim season.

How can my family help?

There are two ways families can volunteer.

ROLES: Season-long commitment in a specifically-defined job.

SHIFTS: Jobs at meets that make the meet run smoothly.

When can I sign up for shifts?

Meet shifts will be open Tuesday morning @ 8:00a prior to each meet. One-time roles or special events shifts will become available at the discretion of the Volunteer Coordinator. Reminders will be sent via email or text message through Swimtopia.

What shifts are available at meets? (see chart at end for further detail)

VSPU-Required Training: Stroke & Turn and Scoring

Experienced Swim Families: Clerk of Course, Sweeps Judge, Head Timer

Great for All: Parking, Concessions, Announcer, Timer, Runner, Clean-Up, Ribbons, Spirit Day Crafts.

What else do I need to know?

Shifts are broken into early and late, approximate by time. However, the switch between early and late shifts is MEET DEPENDANT and occurs at Event #30.

If you are no longer able to fulfill a shift previous signed up for, it is your responsibility to find a replacement.

When a meet is rain-delayed or called due to adverse weather, the meet will continue to the next evening. Volunteers are expected to fulfill their shifts or find a replacement.

VOLUNTEER SHIFT DESCRIPTIONS

VSPU-Required Training

Chief Judge, Stroke & Turn, Scoring

Experienced Swim Team Families

Clerk of Course: Organizes swimmers into lanes for each event for part of the meet (you work with our swimmers and the other teams' swimmers too!) This requires working with a team and standing/walking for up to 2 hours. Early Shift - Events #1-30 Late Shift - Events #31-54

Head Timer: This person supports timers and meet officials by holding the "official time" of each event during the meet. Requires good communication and focus.

Sweeps Judge: This job records the event swimmers by place for each heat during the meet. Understanding of the swim meet structure and reading a heat sheet are required. Early shift = Events #1-30 Late shift = Events #31-54

Great Shifts for All

Clean-Up: These volunteers’ clean restrooms, help pick up the trash, take trash to the dumpsters, and return/organize patio furniture to the pool deck at the end of the meet.

Concessions: Cook and sell great food to nourish our swimmers, families, and spectators to support our team! 

Parking: This duo assists all Stingrays and guests park safely in IP neighborhoods. This is an early shift from 4:45 - 6:15 pm.

Ribbons: Places stickers on the back of ribbons then files ribbons by swimmer last name. A great opportunity for first season swim families to learn about places and event swim times.

Runner: The runner collects and organizes heat sheets and sweeps judge sheets after each event and delivers them to the scoring table. Early shift = Events #1-30 Late shift = Events #31-54

Timer: Lane timer for part of the swim meet (early = events #1-30, late = events #31-54). Meet on pool deck 5:45pm for a timers meeting, held by meet officials.