“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.
