Volunteer opportunity at the State Meet (free admission!!!!!)

We are eagerly anticipating a great 2026 GHSA State Swim and Dive meet at Marist (Diving Jan. 31), and 5the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center (Swimming February 4-7). We are excited about the new format for this year’s meet and a return to prelims and finals on separate days. With that we will need MORE volunteers to help out with this year’s meet. With your assistance each year we are able to conduct a great event for the athletes, coaches and spectators. Your volunteers provided the backbone that was a well run state meet. We are again asking for your help again this year. Please help in getting the word out to your parents and even students about volunteering for this year's meet. The primary areas we will need help will be in the areas of timing, runners, deck control, and hospitality workers for swimming and diving. With the two pools for prelims (and the 1-3A/4A finals) it is crucial for you to help us in getting enough bodies to cover all the timing spots. You never know when one of those invaluable timers will be the person that provides the backup time that helps get your kid into finals. We will even let the timers pick which pool they want to work when they sign up.

If we could ask your help in communicating this with your swimmers' parents and your booster clubs it would be greatly appreciated. We are open to anyone who wants to help out at the meet, it does not just have to be parents, those students who need some extra service hours can attend a great swim meet for FREE. Please help us by getting the meet staffed or I will send more e mails. Your help is greatly appreciated. It is an excellent opportunity for them to have a front row seat for the action, as well as help us state a well-run event. Volunteers even get free admission. Unfortunately, with further restrictions on parking, we cannot offer them free parking as we have in the past. We have all attended well run meets and poorly run meets and know which one we would like our state meet to be.

To sign up for the meet your parents can visit 2026 State Meet Volunteer Signup Link to reserve their position. There, they can provide some basic contact information, select the job they want, and which session or sessions they can work. Jobs will be available on a first come first served basis. While the pay isn't much to brag about, but their contribution will be invaluable. All we ask you to do is share this information with your parents so we can go into the meet with all of our positions staffed and guarantee on time start times for each session.