All-County 2010 Letter to Parents and League
Reps
Dear Parents and League Reps:
The All County meet will be Saturday, July 31st, 2010. The morning
session will be Lake St. Louis, Monticello, St. Peters, Twin Chimneys,
Whitmoor, Winghaven, Blanchette and Dardenne. Race begins at 7:30
a.m. The afternoon session will be Wentzville, Laurel Park, O'Fallon,
Vineyards, Timberwood, Muirfield, Bogey Hills and Nob Hill. Race
begins at 1:30 p.m.
Each child will be allowed to swim in 4 individual events and
2 relays. Children 10 years and younger will swim all of their
events in the north pool while at the same time the older kids
will be swimming in the south pool. Last year, almost 800 swimmers
participated in the All County meet.
In order for both pools, during both sessions, to run smoothly
and efficiently, the commitment of parent's volunteers is absolutely
vital. For this reason, we require that at least one parent from
each family participating in the meet serve as a volunteer worker
during one half of your team's session. Volunteer opportunities
are as followed:
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Stroke Judges: Make sure all swimmers are performing
the strokes in accordance with League rules and that violations
are disqualified. The stroke judges must be certified according
to league guidelines.
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Starters: Coordinate race times with the other
pool while watching timers to make sure all lanes and swimmers
are ready, and announce race starts.
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Heat Sheet Checkers: Back up the starters. Make
sure events and heats are each called in order and that lanes
and timers appear ready prior o announcement of each heat.
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Card Distribution: Make sure each swimmer gets
a heat card before proceeding to the bullpen. (make up additional
card if one is lost or send swimmers to their coaches if they
do not have a card and do not appear on the heat sheet.)
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Bull Pen: Coordinate swimmers for individual events
and relays and escort them to blocks before the start of each
race.
Heat Awards: Make sure the fastest swimmer in each heat is awarded
a prize.
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Runners: After Timers record times, get each swimmer's
heat cards to the computer room for data entry. During 25 yard
events, runners take cards from swimmers on one end of the pool
and get them to timers on the other end. Then get them to the
computer room after the race.
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Security (Stairs and Poolside): Keep pool deck
clear of obstacles, including parents that are not working.
Make sure runners have a clear path.
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Computer Card Sorter: Average the times from heat
cards as they come in from runners and report times to Data
Entry. File Cards.
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Timers: Check swimmer names for each lane and
heat, time the races and record times on swimmers' heat cards.
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Hospitality: Distribute water to workers.
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Heat Sheet/T-Shirts: Sell t-shirts and heat shirts.
