Anonymous wrote:0 but our rep reaches out directly to experienced parents. Not a meet for new volunteers, especially timing.

This kind of exclusionary attitude is why teams struggle to fill spots. Timing is one of the easiest jobs on deck

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Anonymous wrote:We always seem to be short a marshal or a timer or two on the morning of the meet, especially if it is “far” away, but we end up filling them. Now, if we could only fill all our lanes.

What league are you in that requires marshals?

NVSL

MCSL only requires them for USA Swimming sanctioned meets, of which there are only 2, all stars & coaches LC.

MCSL has sanctioned meets? The times are put into SWIMS?

Yes. The Coaches Long Course has done so for over 40 years. This also means that the officials are all USA-S certified.

https://mcsl.org/all-stars-long-course/


Individual all stars is not sanctioned but it does use marshals. The deck at the Rockville pool is not particularly well separated from the spectator and team areas so it is helpful to have some designated volunteers for crowd control.