The Lima Family YMCA would like to thank all of its Swim Team Parents for their tireless efforts to make the Barracudas a success! It takes a lot of time to have a successful swimming program. You wait until a rainy day to clean your house. You do a lot of fast-food eating during the swim season, and you postpone some vacations. There's a lot involved. But if you're going to have a successful swim league, you've got to have the parents involved. You can't do it without them. 

Please BE GENEROUS with your time. Remember: the success of our program and your children depends on the willingness of the parents to lend a hand. Together, we can make this year a true success for our children!

Worker assignments include:

• Set-up:  Four parents are needed to:  
• Make sure lane lines are in the pool.  
• Set up timing system.  
• Make sure chairs and table are placed where they are required.  
• Blocks must be in place, along with the recall rope and poles. 
• Sound system must be ready.  
• Arrive one hour prior to warm-ups beginning. 
• Clean-Up:  Four per meet.  
• All equipment must be put away properly 
• All areas cleaned up properly.
• Starter (Certified Level II Official): Oversees a fair start.
• Announcer:  Calls the event (1, 2, 3, etc.) Announces the event that is on the blocks, on deck.
• Officials (Certified Level I or II Officials):  Six officials are needed. ​
• The Referee (one is required) has full authority over the meet and assures that all rules are being enforced. 
• The Stroke & Turn Judges (4 required) watch swimmers as they race and report any violations of strokes and turns. 
• All officials must be YMCA certified. 
• If you are interested in becoming an official, please call the Aquatics Director. The cost of the certification will be covered by the YMCA.
• 16 timers:   
• Two per lane at a home meet.  
• Timing equipment must be activated for each lane.  
• Special focus is needed for the start and finish of the race when operating the stopwatch.  
• Times are recorded on an event slip.
• Back-up Timer: One person needed. This person will operate two stopwatches to replace any timer that has a problem.
• Clerk of Course:  Four people are needed. This is the person that the swimmers go to line up for their event.
• Runner:  One person is needed. They must pick up the lane event slips from timers, and the D.Q. slips from officials after each heat/event and take them to the scorer’s table.
• Ribbon Writers/Scorers:  Four people are needed.  
• They must label and divide place ribbons for each event.  
• Record results on the ribbons.  
• Write officials time from timing system on lane slips and award & record event points.
• ​Colorado System Operator:  Two people are needed to run this high-tech computer program that is utilized to assist in maintaining smooth operation of the meet. Arrive approximately 2 hours prior to meet.

Timing and runners require very little knowledge of the job; they're easy and fun! Set up and tear down require time before and after the meet. Clerk of Course and scoring require some learning, but aren't difficult. Colorado Timing is a bit more complicated, but we need more people who are willing to learn the job. Officials must be certified. Anyone interested can become certified; ask about a clinic!