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PJ Meet Management is the joint venture of Phil Baker and Josh Wilson, both former USS and college swim coaches. In 1999, we were joined by Stan Sax, a longtime meet director and official. To contact us, use this form.


Meet Management Experience

Phil, Josh, and Stan have been running meets since 1990 (when our former swim club purchased its Colorado System 4000 timing system), and we've been running USS and collegiate championship meets since 1993. In addition to several team specialty meets, we've managed the following championship meets:

NESCAC Women's Championships. Josh, Phil, and Stan have been providing meet management services at this meet since 2001.

NESCAC Men's Championships. Josh, Phil, and Stan have been providing meet management services at this meet since 2001.

NEWMAC Women's Championships. Josh, Phil, and Stan provided meet management services at this meet in 2003.

NEWMAC Men's Championships. Josh, Phil, and Stan provided meet management services at this meet in 2003.

NCAA Div. III Women's New England Championships. Phil and Josh provided meet management services in 1995, 1997, 1998, and (with Stan) in 1999 and 2000.

NCAA Div. III Men's New England Championships. Phil and Josh provided meet management services in 1996, 1998, 1999, and (with Stan) in 2000.

The Bowdoin Open, a USS senior-level invitational meet originally conceived by Phil and run in a trials/finals format at Bowdoin College, provides high-quality competition each December to athletes from New England, the Middle Atlantic states, and Canada. Each year, nearly 30 athletes achieve USS Junior Championship time standards and as many as 10 athletes achieve USS Senior National time standards. In 1996, an Olympic Trials cut was achieved at the Bowdoin Open. Phil, Josh, and Stan were involved with this meet since its inception in 1993, and provided meet management services between 1994 and 1997. Stan served as Bowdoin Open co-Meet Director between 1993 and 1997.

New England Masters Short Course Championships. Phil and Josh provided meet management services in 1998.


Training & Consulting

As an experienced meet management specialist and a learning professional, Josh can help you learn the skills you need to plan and operate your own meets -- from two team dual meets to large championship meets.

Meet Manager training/consulting at Trinity College. During the fall of 2001, Josh trained coaches and volunteers at Trinity College learn to run dual meets at their pool.

Meet planning & consulting for NCAC 2002 championships. In late 2001 and early 2002, Josh worked with coaches and administrators from Kenyon College to plan and execute their conference championships. From brainstorming meet management strategies to assisting in the creation of a Meet Manager database, Josh's involvement helped Kenyon staff to stage a successful championship meet.

Meet Manager training at Wellesley College. During the fall of 2002, Josh planned and taught a training session on HyTek's Meet Manager software for members of Wellesley's Athletics department. This session helped Wellesley staff more effectively supervise the students running home dual meets.


Certification

PJ Meet Management is now a certified Hy-Tek Meet Automation Services Contractor.

Biographical Information

Phil Baker
Phil Baker coached at Seacoast Swimming Association in Dover, New Hampshire, during the mid-1980s before leaving for Portland, Maine, in 1989 to found Portland Porpoise Swim Club. He served as PPSC's first head coach and established a program that continues to provide excellent coaching and first-class competitive opportunities for its athletes. After leaving PPSC in 1994, Phil accepted a position at Wright Express Corporation in South Portland, Maine. After many years working in product management and customer service at Wright Express, Phil now serves as Manager of Client Support at Bank of America in Portland, Maine. Phil holds a B.A. from the University of New Hampshire and an M.B.A from the University of Southern Maine.

Josh Wilson
Josh Wilson is the Director for Integrated Services in Library & Technology Services at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He leads units responsible for media services, computer help and repair, public computing, and library public services. Previously, Josh worked as a technology professional at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, and at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. While at Bowdoin, he spent three seasons running collegiate dual meets and coaching a backstroke workout group. Between 1991 and 1997, Josh also coached for Portland Porpoise Swim Club, a 100-member USS swim club based in Portland, Maine. Josh holds a B.A. in History from Yale College.

Stan Sax
Stan Sax has been actively involved in swimming and meet management since 1990, serving as meet management staff and meet official at dozens of USS, college, and high school swim meets. Between 1993 and 1997, Stan served with former Bowdoin Swim Coach Charlie Butt as co-Meet Director of the Bowdoin Open.  Away from the pool, Stan works as a legal professional.



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