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Dive Volunteers and Officials

Volunteer Opportunities: 

Parent Dive Representative:

  • Beth Van Gelder 

Referees (Year certified - valid for 3 years):

  • Desi Ferat (2028)
  • Doug Wheeler (2028)

Judges (Year certified - valid for 3 years):

  • Desi Ferat (2028)*
  • Paul Gawel (2028)
  • Virginia Gergoff (2026)
  • Daniela Maniezzo (2026)
  • Doug Wheeler (2028)*
  • Cheryl Winn (2027)

Meet Table Workers (No Training Required)

  • Anyone and Everyone can volunteer for table work during the meet. It is a great way to get started volunteering at meets.

How to become a MCDL Referee:

To be certified to be a REFEREE for an MCDL summer dive meet you must:

  1. Be a certified MCDL Judge who has judged MCDL meets for one year
  2. Attend an MCDL Referee recertification training online or in-person
  3. Repeat this process every three years to keep your certification active.

REFEREE 2026 Training Sessions:

May 31, Sunday 10:30am-11:15am at Manor Woods Pool

June 4, Thursday 8:00pm - 8:45pm ONLINE

June 9 7:30 - 8:15pm at Palisades

June 11 7:30 - 8:15pm at Glenwood

How to become a MCDL Judge: 

The training process for becoming or recertifying as a JUDGE is still the same as last year: a two-step process. 1. Complete the NFHS online training prior to attending an in-person training by doing the following

  • Navigate to www.nfhslearn.com and create a free account
  • Once logged in to your account, select “Officials” along the top vertical menu entitled, “Courses For”
  • Scroll down to locate the course entitled, “Judging Springboard Diving”. While hovering over the course, a “Start Learning” button will appear. Click on that “Start Learning” button.
  • When you are ready to take the course, from your dashboard select “My Courses” and click on “Start Course”, “Continue Course” or “Complete Course”. This selection
    depends on how much of the course you have completed.
  • When you have completed the course, download your certificate. This can be found on your dashboard under “My Certificates”.
  • Send your certificate to MCDL via the https://officials.mcdiving.org/ portal. Use the "Upload Training Certificate" button.
2. Attend an MCDL Judge in-person training
  • You can register for a training session via https://officials.mcdiving.org/
  • Dates for pool-side judge training are listed in this email below.
  • The online training must be completed prior to attending the MCDL pool-side training.
  • This training will focus on analyzing live diving and MCDL specific rules and will
    typically last 90 minutes. 

JUDGES 2026 (In-Person Training after Completing Online Course):

May 31, Sunday 9:00 - 10:30 am at Manor Woods Pool

June 7, Sunday 8:15am - 9:45am at Regency Estates

June 9 6:00 - 7:30pm at Palisades

June 11 5:30 - 7:00pm at Glenwood

June 25 6:30-8:00pm at Flower Valley

More information about becoming an official can be found here: https://officials.mcdiving.org/

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