As you know, the annual Christmas Meet held at Pitt is traditionally AMS' "Officials Qualifying Meet" to get nationally certified (N2 or N3). This year's 54th Annual Christmas Meet Invitational is no exception. Dan McAllen (whom many of you met at this year's AMS Swimposium) will serve as the National Evaluator. Dan, currently the VP of Program Operations at USA Swimming, is a wonderful mentor to officials around the country and a good friend of AMS (of course, he's a Pittsburgh boy!). It will be a great opportunity to learn from one of our best officials.
In order to be nationally certified, you must work at least four (4) sessions in the position that you want to be evaluated for. Of course, no one will stand in your way if you'd like to sign up for more than 4 sessions!
You don't have to be evaluated in order to officiate. Many of our officials coming to the meet will not ask to be evaluated. That's fine and we need as many officials on deck as possible. The morning sessions are especially packed and we run the meet in both the deep and shallow ends (almost like two meets in one from an officiating standpoint). We, therefore, need twice the number of officials as we would normally.
This is a fabulous meet and your help will be most appreciated. If you work three sessions or more, you'll receive a meet Officials shirt that you can wear for years to come!
I know Pittsburghers like to be very last minute. Now is not the time to do that. If you know you're coming, please sign up at your earliest convenience. We do already have some officials coming from other LSC's and it's always a pleasure to meet folks similarly passionate about swimming on our deck. To sign up, use the link below. If your plans change and you need to modify your sign up, simply complete the application again. Your last Application to Officiate will be used to plan out the meet. Whether you plan to be evaluated or not, you must complete the Application to Officiate using the link below.
Christmas Meet Application to Officiate 12/17-20 (QM15-168): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gzOVq0cLkZsgXpbrG9L2RbpIlgjexNY7bgycrDKYGXM/viewform
Please note that there will be no shadowing allowed at this meet.
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