Awards Night  Coaches present awards and certificates for all swimmers at the end of the season.   There is a catered dinner followed by awards presentations and a slide show.

 

Clerk of the Course The system used in big invitationals to organize and line up swimmers prior to their events.  Swimmers are required to ‘check-in’ to the clerk or the course prior to their events.

 

Desk  Helps organize lane slips.  Helps make ribbons. A good job for someone with small children

 

Down Year  The year that a swimmer is at the ‘bottom’ of their age group.  For example, a seven year old swimming in the 7/8 age group is said to be in their ‘down’ year.

 

Dual Meet  Any meet in which only two teams are participating.

 

Dual Meet Jobs  Jobs those parents sign up for at registration.  These jobs include Timer/Recorder, Runner, Shepherd, Snack Shack, etc.  Parents are required to work a number of dual meet jobs over the season.

 

DQ  Disqualify.  Starter or Stroke and Turn judge may DQ a swimmer for illegal strokes, starts, turns or finishes.  Their swim is then not counted for points in a meet or towards a ‘pop’.

 

Heat  A single race by stroke, age group and sex.  For example, the first six girls who swim in 7/8 girls freestyle are ‘heat 1.  The next six girls who swim 7/8 girls’ freestyle are ‘heat 2’.

 

IM  Individual Medley.  All ages 7 and above swim one lap of each of the four strokes in the following order:  Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke , then Freestyle for a total of 100 yards.

 

Invitational  Meets where Las Trampas is invited to attend.  These meets have anywhere from six to 30 teams participating.   Invitationals are often two-day events.

 

Invitational Meet Jobs  When your child swims in an Invitational Meet, you are required to work one shift at the meet.  Jobs are usually easy and fun: timer, recorder, clean-up, set-up, etc.

 

Mudskipper Debut & Inter-Squad  Las Trampas team members are divided as evenly as possible by skill and compete against each other for fun.   This has been a fun event.  This is also event where the Mudskippers make their debut.

 

Recorder   One person in each lane records time time(s) from each race.

 

Runner  This person collects the time slips from the recorders at the end of each race and delivers them to the desk.

 

Shepherding  The job of organizing and lining-up the 6 & unders and 7/8’s for their events. 

 

Stroke & Turn   Stroke and Turn judges are parent volunteers who watch each race to make sure the swimmers perform each stroke correctly and that a fair race has been swum.  Stroke and Turn judges are required to attend several seminars over the summer to stay current on swimming rules.  In general they are former swimmers themselves.

 

Time Trials  This is our first meet.  Only Las Trampas Swimmers are in the water.  All swimmers are urged to attend so a “base time” can be established for improvement.  These times also help the coach decide on swimmers for our first dual meet.

 

Timer  Three people at the finish end of each lane time each race.   Half the timers are from the host team and half are from the away team.

 

Up Year  The year that a swimmer is at the ‘top’ of their age group.