At Poplar Heights, swim meets happen because our families show up, pitch in, and bring the energy. Whether you're poolside, behind the scenes, or helping before the first whistle blows, you are part of what make PH Crush special. 🧡🖤🤍
Good news: many volunteer jobs require no experience at all. We’ll help you learn what to do!
Jump Right In: No Experience Needed
⏱ Lane Timers
Times swimmers in your assigned lane. It’s one of the best seats in the house!
🏃 Runner
Delivers timing cards from the pool deck to the scoring table to help keep the meet moving. A great job to get your daily step goal!
🏅 Table Roles
Table - Place Recorder
Organizes cards in finish order and records placements.
Table - Verifier
Double-checks results before they are finalized.
Table - Awards Clerk
Labels ribbons and organizes them for swimmers.
🍿 Concessions
Concession Workers - 1st Shift / Concession Workers - 2nd Shift
Keeps swimmers, volunteers, and families fueled with snacks, drinks, and smiles. Bonus: shaded seating!
Concession Pick-Up
Picks up supplies and delivers them to the pool before the meet.
Fruit Preparer
Prepares fruit ahead of time and brings it to the pool.
🚗 Parking Attendants
Helps guide cars safely into the PH lot before the meet. This is an early shift, so you can finish and still enjoy the meet.
Helpful to Learn: Guidance Provided
📣 Announcer
Announces events, swimmers, winners, and other important meet information. Brings the Crush energy!
📋 Clerk of Course
Organizes swimmers into heats and lanes before each event and helps keep the meet on schedule. If you love order, this is your job!
⏱ Chief & Assistant Chief Timers
Coordinates timers and makes sure all lanes are covered and ready for each race. This is a good job after you get timing down!
🚧 Marshal
Helps maintain a safe, organized pool deck and keeps things running smoothly. Marshals begin during warm-ups. Bonus: You are on deck so you get to see the races up close!
Officials & Training Required Roles
These roles require training and are essential to running a fair and official meet.
⚖️ Official - Referee
Oversees the meet and enforces all NVSL rules.
🚦 Official - Starter
Starts each race and ensures a fair start for all swimmers.
🏊 Official - S&T Judge
Observes swimmers to ensure legal strokes, turns, and finishes. As an official, this is the starting point of training.
🔄 Official - RTO Judge
Records relay take-offs to ensure fair exchanges.
💻 Table - Head Data Coordinator
Manages meet results and enters data into the system.
Volunteer Shift Note
For select B Meet and Concession positions, some volunteer positions may be split into two shifts so more families can help and volunteers can enjoy part of the meet.
First Half of Meet
Freestyle + Backstroke
Second Half of Meet
Breaststroke + Butterfly + IM (B meets only)
Thank You, Crush Families!
Every stopwatch click, every ribbon labeled, every early-morning setup, and every official on deck helps make PH Crush meets possible.
GO CRUSH!
