The roles below represent the typical positions that the team must fill at each swim meet. Home meets require a few more volunteers than away meets.

Duties Requiring No Formal Training

• Set-up – Helps get the pool ready prior to each home meet; KP leadership will e-mail the volunteer a checklist with setup duties prior to the meet. 
• Timers – Run a stopwatch in one swim lane to time swimmers each event. 
• Head Timer – Maintains extra stopwatches for emergencies. 
• Runner – Picks up time cards, sweeps slips, and DQ slips from timers and officials to the scoring table after each heat or event. 
• Sweeps Judge – Marks the order in which swimmers finish each race. 
• Clerk of Course – Makes sure swimmers get get to the starting blocks on time!
• Concessions – Sets-up, prepares food, mans the concessions stand, cleans up at home meets. 

Duties That Require Attendance at a VPSU Training Session Prior to the First Swim Meet (Training is approximately 2 hours long)

• Scorer – Calculates team and meet score as swimmer times are recorded.
• Stroke and Turn Judge – Watches swimmers during races to ensure strokes and turns conform to VPSU regulations.
• Starter – Announces the events and starts each race.
• Referee – Runs the home swim meets.