Volunteer Powered

We cannot start our meets without timers and we need LOTS for every meet!  We use a primary electronic touchpad timing system, a manual button and a stopwatch to ensure accurate times for each race. Timers stand at the end of their lanes and use a stopwatch to record a backup time. No experience is required - There will be a brief training for all timers prior to each meet. The Head Timer assists the Lane Times and starts two watches at the beginning of each race in case one of the lane timers needs assistance. Relief timers and Runners help ensure everyone gets a break and information is delivered to the officials when needed. Timers should check their session times carefully when volunteering to ensure they arrive on time and are prepared to stay for the duration of the session.

The volunteers in the bullpen work in teams to organize new swimmers and experienced swimmers under the age of 10.  They will assist swimmers in getting to the correct lane for the correct event and heat. Bullpen volunteers are done for the day when the 10 and under swimmers are done.

Our Hospitality Room ensures coaches, officials and volunteers who are at the meet all day are able to get food, beverages and snacks.  The Hospitality Coordinator(s) will plan meals, order supplies and coordinate additional support for the hospitality room in the weeks leading up to a meet. The Hospitality Coordinator is supported by Hospitality Volunteers who commit to helping with set up, staffing the room during the meet to keep things tidy, and cleaning up after a meet session. Occassionally, we may need help picking up food orders. If you like air conditioning, this job is for you!  Side note: you can always leave the hospitality area to watch when it's your swimmer's turn! If you have small children that must tag along, they are welcome to sit with you in the hospitality room.  Please check the volunteer shift times carefully when signing up for your job.

We need both a male and a female meet marshal for meets, and this does require reviewing a brief training slideshow and completing a test through USA Swimming. The meet marshals help to maintain safety for swimmers on deck and in the locker rooms during the event. The slideshow is located here. To take the test, login to your USA Swimming account, click on Education menu in the upper left, select Course Catalog and click the round Parents/Volunteer button. Scroll down to the Meet Marshal Exam and email your certificate to jennifer_ladson@swimhurricanes.com when done. (Make sure you create/login with your own USA Swimming account, not a family member's when you complete the test.) 

Prior to the meet, assist volunteers with sign in and assist visiting teams by directing parents and other spectators to the upstairs viewing area. Must be in place about 30 minutes before swimmer arrival, but you are also done shortly after the meet begins!  If you have small children, they are welcome to sit with you at the table for your shift. 

These volunteers are first on deck or last out of the building during a meet - They assist CAC staff and coaches in setting up and tearing down  computers, tables, chairs on deck and the hospitality room.

While families are expected to volunteer during each meet session their swimmer is participating in (with the goal of 8 sessions per year), we understand that this sometimes isn't possible due to family work schedules or occassional conflicts.  For those familes, we will offer a few opportunities during each meet to offer a donation in lieu of volunteering. The donation will be utilized to purchase supplies for our hospitality room, volunteer appreciation gifts, swimmer awards or prizes and the like.