Some parents expectations are out of line – Meet Mobile: Swim Review

10/18/18 before I volunteered to be an Administrative Official (AO) for our club I didn’t understand how results were uploaded to meet mobile and often complained about accuracy or timeliness. No longer! The AO is responsible for making sure all of the swimmers’ times are entered accurately. When there is a timing issue it can take time to correct and upload those times. We have to wait for lane timer sheets to check your swimmers pad time against the backup times. Pad times are uploaded to Meet Mobile once we pull times from the timing system. We are also correcting times as the swim meet moves on. Be patient for final results. One common slowdown is 10&U backstroke. Or any other event where swimmers don’t touch the timing pads properly. All of those swimmers will have their times determined by looking at backup times (watches/buttons), and order of finish. Another potential issue is Wi-Fi. When the stands are filled with parents using Wi-Fi it slows down. The same Wi-Fi that we need to upload times to MeetMobile. Hope this helps some parents/spectators understand that results are not always immediately reported. If you want to understand more then volunteer for your swim club as an admin official.
Review by jprokos on Meet Mobile: Swim.