Required Work Credits

Swimming is different from other sports in the number of people it takes to run a smooth and successful meet. Most sporting events require coaches and a couple of referees. A swim meet requires many hands on deck. Multiple timers for each lane, marshals, officials, and various other roles are needed. To that end, the Hawks require that each family work 10 credits during our short course swim season, which runs from September to March.

There are many ways to fulfill your 10 work credits.

1.  Regular season meets. Typically, we need timers and officials. At these meets, working 1 full session gives you 1 work credit.

2.  Hawks hosted meet - January Hawks Trials and Finals meet. Timer, official, meet marshal, concession workers, raffle, set up, and clean up are just some of the jobs we need filled. It is required that all families work at this home meet. Working 1 full session gives you 2 work credits.

3.  Hallway monitors at practice. SUNY requires that we have a monitor in the hallway near our designated restroom at every practice. They will shut down practice if they find the hallway unsupervised. Working 2 full hours at practice gives you 1/2 credit.

After the short-course season ends in March, any unworked credits will be charged $50 per credit. For example, a family with 3 unworked credits will be charged $150. 

The long course season runs from April to August. All swimmers who participate in the long course season are strongly encouraged to attend our July Hawks Summer Invitational, which is our summer long course home meet at the Ulster County Pool. This large meet requires lots of support from our Hawks families. It’s also a lot of fun! Families whose swimmers participate in the summer home meet are required to work at the meet. 

Please do not hesitate to ask any board member for clarification on the expectations of these jobs or on the requirements themselves.