IASAS Swimming 2016: Meet the Captains

“There should be a ‘Captain’ in there somewhere…” – Captain Jack Sparrow

Who are the IASAS swimmers who have rallied their teams over the course of this meet? The Eye brings you a closer look at the captains from all six schools.

International School of Bangkok

Boys’ Captain: Jake Chairin

• Fuel of choice before a swim? Bananas.
• Best / worst part of being captain? FRESHMEN!
• Go-to weapon in a zombie apocalypse? Baseball bat. Or chainsaw. Wait, no…my IB textbook.
• Song to describe your swimming experience? “Raining Blood” – Slayer

Girls’ Captain: Sidney Smith

• Best part of being captain? The best part is that you’re able to be a leader and give pep talks.
• Worst part of being captain? Having all eyes on you, and if you don’t swim well, the whole team will reflect upon that.
• Craziest thing that you’ve ever done at a swim meet? The IASAS dances, like Sexy And You Know It. I was a freshman and my team and I decided it would be fun to join them and act like idiots.
• Weapon of choice in a zombie apocalypse? A hoverboard, because they’re fast.
• Spirit animal? Seahorse? I don’t know.

 

International School of Manila

Boys’ Captain: Henry Brooke

• Alias: “Uncultured” (my favorite word)
• Best stroke? Backstroke. I take sprints, [Dias] takes long distance.
• Best part of being captain? Making freshmen carry your stuff.
• Craziest thing that’s happened to you at a swim meet? We were doing a warm-up, and one of the kids on the team decided to pull down my pants while I dove in.
• Song that describes your swimming experience? Any Linkin Park song describes my pain every time I have to dive into the water.

Boys’ Captain: Dias Konysbayev

• Alias: “Heartthrob”
• Best stroke? Backstroke and distance swimming.
• Craziest thing that’s happened to you at a swim meet? I’m pretty sure it was when I forgot to tie my shorts and when I dove they went down.
• Weapon of choice in a zombie apocalypse? Henry.
• Best part of being captain? Actually I haven’t really discovered the best part yet.

Girls’ Captain: Sophia De Dios

• Alias: “Mama Africa”
• Best stroke? Either freestyle or butterfly.
• Spirit animal? I’m a monkey.
• Favorite food? Sushi!
• Song that describes your swimming experience? “Bound 2” – Kanye West

Girls’ Captain: Kate Watkins

• Alias: “Swat”
• Best stroke? Freestyle and back.
• Spirit animal? A horse.
• Best part of being captain? You get to lead a pretty awesome team, so you get to know all your teammates pretty well.
  
• Song that describes your swimming experience? “Just Keep Swimming” from Finding Nemo

 

International School of Kuala Lumpur

Boys’ Captain: Quentin Dorleans

• Alias: “McCroissant”
• Best stroke? Free and breaststroke.
• Best part of being captain? You can kind of muck around, and no one touches you for a bit.
• Worst part of being captain? There’s no worst part.
• Favorite food? Croissant.

Boys’ Captain: Oliver Sinclair

• Alias: “McOlive”
• Spirit animal? Narwhals. Unicorns of the sea.
• Craziest thing that happened to you at a swim meet? I dislocated my shoulder in my 800.
• Best part of being captain? Seeing your team grow. The people you start off not being friends with, end up making a family – you become really close by the end.

Girls’ Captain: Diana Hare

• Alias: “McDreamy”
• Best stroke? Butterfly.
• Best part of being captain? You get to know everybody on the team.
• Worst part of being captain? Trying to get everyone to listen when you’re talking.
• Spirit animal? Something that’s energetic. I think it would be a monkey, to be honest.
• Song that describes your swimming experience? “Power” – Kanye West

Girls’ Captain: Clarissa Ku

• Alias: “McLively”
• Best stroke? I swim IM and breaststroke.
• Best part of being captain? Bringing everyone together and having a sense of responsibility.
• Worst part of being captain? When your teammates don’t listen to you.
• Song that describes your swimming experience? “Uptown Funk” – Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars

 

Taipei American School

Boys’ Captain: Daniel Wang

• Alias: “Happy Bunny”
• Best stroke? Probably freestyle.
• Weapon of choice in a zombie apocalypse? An axe.
• Worst part of being captain? Dealing with intransigent freshmen.

Boys’ Captain: Carl Wegner

• Alias: #cweggy
• Best stroke? Breaststroke.
• Spirit animal? Wilbur (the TAS swim team’s stuffed animal mascot).
• Song to describe your swimming experience? “The Black Parade” – My Chemical Romance

Girls’ Captain: Jessica Chen

• Alias: “Jack’s sister”
• Best stroke? Fly.
• Spirit animal? Babies!
• Song that describes your swimming experience? “Survivor” – Destiny’s Child

Girls’ Captain: Josie Chen

• Alias: “Fosie”
• Best stroke? Freestyle.
• Spirit animal? Sloth.
• What do you do in your free time? I sleep.
• Song that describes your swimming experience? “No Air” – Jordin Sparks

Girls’ Captain: April Chu

• Alias: “Peanut”
• Best stroke? Breaststroke.
• Favorite food? Fried chicken.
• Weapon of choice in a zombie apocalypse? A stick. I don’t know, what do people normally use?
• Spirit animal? …a peanut.

 

Jakarta Intercultural School

Boys’ Captain: Nirhan Nurjadin

• Alias: “Nurjad-out”
• Best stroke? I’m a breaststroker.
• Craziest thing that happened to you in a swim meet? I broke my elbow.
• Best part of being captain? You can boss everyone around.

Boys’ Captain: Arief Rowe

• Alias: “Living Legend”
• Best stroke? Freestyle.
• Spirit animal? We’re both dragons!
• Craziest thing to happen to you in a swim meet? My swimsuit ripped in the middle of a race.
• Song that describes your swim experience? “We Are The Champions” – Queen

Girls’ Captain: Jade Dharmadji

• Best stroke? Freestyle.
• Worst part of being captain? You have to make sure you’re a role model all the time, so even if you’ve had a bad swim, you still congratulate the rest of your team.
• Fuel of choice before a swim? Pasta! I like to load the carbs.
• Craziest thing that’s happened to you at a swim meet? At the last two IASAS [events], the “Sexy and I Know It” dance, that’s probably the craziest thing I’ve seen. Because IASAS is just crazy in general. It’s not like any other swim meet.

Girls’ Captain: Audree Khalishah

• Best stroke? I’m a flyer and freestyler.
• Favorite food? Oh my god, CARROTS.
• Spirit animal? I was thinking like…a dolphin.
• Song that describes your swimming experience? One of those songs that’s like, “I hate it but I love it!”

 

Singapore American School

Boys’ Captain: Kevin Clydesdale

• Best stroke? Fly and back.
• Spirit animal? Cow.
• Best part of being captain? Everyone looks up to you.
• Song to describe your swimming experience? “Highway to Hell” – AC/DC. We all hate training, but we love racing.

Boys’ Captain: Zachary Goldwax

• Best stroke? Freestyle.
• Spirit animal? Unicorn.
• Best part of being captain? You kind of feel responsible when good stuff happens.
• Worst part of being captain? You can’t really mess around, because you’re always being watched.

Girls’ Captain: Caitlin Loi

• Best stroke? Mid-distance freestyle.
• Spirit animal? Grizzly bear. I like to sleep.
• Weapon of choice in a zombie apocalypse? An airplane, so I can get out.
• Worst part of being captain? When people don’t listen to you. And when they don’t cheer, when there’s a lack of team spirit.

Girls’ Captain: Kaitlyn Ritchey

• Best stroke? Long-distance freestyle.
• Spirit animal? A turtle. (Caitlin: “Because you’re shy when you start out…”)
• Best part of being captain? Having the younger kids look up to you because it reminds me of when I was younger.