Captains

Getting to know the ISSEA swim team captains

American International School of Johannesburg

Sod Ider, a student graduating in 2024, their favourite stroke is Breaststroke. They're from Mongolia and like drawing as a pass time.

Sod has been swimming for 5 years and their greatest inspiration is Michael Phelps. Ider's personal record is swimming a 50 freestyle race in 31 seconds!

Asser Huge Rehfeld is AISJ's other team captain. They graduate in 2023. Their favourite stroke is between breaststroke or freestyle and for 50 meter races: butterfly. They're a Danish swimmer who's fun fact is: "I get injured all the time".

Asser has been swimming for about 8 years, but competitively for about 3 or 4. Ian Thorpe is an inspiration to this AISJ swimmer.

Alice Chane-Sam is another captain of the AISJ Swim Team. Their favourite stroke is breaststroke and has a personal best of 49 seconds for the 50m race.

This French swimmer graduates in 2024 and has been swimming for 2 years, along with doing other sports such as horseback riding. Their inspiration is their family and friends, who will be cheering them on during their races.

Runhao Chen, AISJ'S 4th team captain graduates in 2024, their favourite stroke is Breaststroke. They're a Chinese swimmer who loves cars.

Runhao has been swimming for 5 years and their greatest inspiration is Katie Ledecky. Chen's personal record is swimming a 100 freestyle race in 1:08:00 minutes!


American International School of LUSAKA

Ashutosh Chatterjee, a high school junior student, is AISL's team captain. Their favourite stroke is butterfly. They're an Indian Swimmer and, fun fact, can catch snakes.

Ashutosh has been swimming for 8 years! This swimmer's greatest inspiration is Tiger Woods. Chatterjee's personal record is swimming a 50 meter freestyle race in 28.7 seconds!

Siena Nicole Befus is AISL's other team captain. They graduate in 2026. Their favourite stroke is between breaststroke or butterfly. They're an American swimmer who's fun fact is: an allergy to peanuts.

Siena has been swimming for about 5 years. Befus' inspiration is their mom. And their favourite event is 50 meter butterfly!

American International School of MOZAMBIQUE

Matthew Lawrence is AISM's team captain. They're a high school senior. Their favourite stroke is butterfly. They're Mozambican and has been representing Mozambique's National team since 2016.

Matthew has been swimming for 10-12 years! This swimmer's greatest inspiration is Chad le Clos. Lawrence's personal record is swimming a 200 meter freestyle race in the time: 1:56.8!

Estela Gonzalez Pacios is AISM's other team captain. They're a high schooler graduating in 2024. This Spanish and French swimmer's favourite swim stroke is breaststroke as they have a personal record of 3.20 minutes in the 200m race. Estela has been swimming for 6 years, which makes sense as they love the ocean.


HARARE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Catriona Thandiwe Lucas is HIS' team captain. They're a high school senior. Their favourite stroke is between freestyle and back stroke. They're Swazi and British and have been swimming for 3 years.

This swimmer's greatest inspiration is God. Lucas' personal record is swimming a 50 meter freestyle race in 35.22 seconds!

Jaysen Seth Meyer is HIS's other team captain. They're graduating in 2025 and has been swimming since they were 6. This Belgian and American swimmer's favourite stroke is breaststroke.

Jaysen's dad pushes them to grow and inspires them to grow as an athlete, and fun fact about them is that they lived in Zambia for 12 years but never went to AISL.

International COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Ruben Alt is ICS' team captain. They graduate in 2025. Their favourite stroke is breast stroke. They're a French swimmer and have been swimming for 9 years. Their fun fact is that they're a "clone".

This swimmer's greatest inspiration is Tomas Pesquet and their parents. Richards' personal record is swimming a 25 meter freestyle race in 14:00 seconds!

Larken Dullea is ICS' other team captain. They graduate in 2024 and has been swimming competitively for over 7 years. This American and Danish swimmers favourite stroke is freestyle or backstroke.

Larken hasn't competed in a couple of years, however their personal best is around 34.2 seconds for the 50m free race.

International SCHOOL OF KENYA

Vera Berezhny is ISK's team captain. They are currently a senior and has been swimming since they were 8, the year they moved to South Africa. This American and Ukrainian swimmer's favourite stroke is freestyle and has a PB of around 30 for their 50m freestyle race.

Vera has other interesting hobbies as they did Kung Fu up until they moved to Kenya. Not only, the people they're inspired by include Nelson Mandela, Trevor Noah, and Penny Heyns.

Nicolas Lyon, a high school junior student, is ISK's team captain. Their favourite stroke is backstroke. They're an American swimmer and has traveled to 6/7 continents.

Nicolas has been swimming since the fourth grade, 8 years! This swimmer's greatest inspiration is Gary V. Lyon's personal record is swimming a 50 meter backstroke race in 31:25 seconds!

Anders Luffman is ISK's other team captain. They're a high school senior. Their favourite stroke is backstroke. They're an American swimmer who's moved nearly 11 times in their life.

Anders has been swimming for about 5 years. Luffman's inspiration is Rosa Luxembourg. And their personal record is swimming a 50 meter freestyle race in 28.73 seconds!

Eleanor Donohue, a senior, is ISK's other team captain. This American swimmers favourite stroke is backstroke. Eleanor has been swimming on ISK's swim team since first grade, but has been swimming for even longer as they started at just 6 months old.

Eleanor is inspired by Stevie Nicks and has a PB of about 34 seconds in the 50 meter backstroke race.


International SCHOOL OF TANGANYIKA

Dominic Richards is IST's team captain. They graduate in 2026. Their favourite stroke is breast stroke. They're a South African swimmer and have been swimming since they were 3 years old. They also enjoy sailing.

This swimmer's greatest inspiration is their mother and father. Richards' personal record is swimming a 200 meter breaststroke race in 3:20:00 minutes!

Sydney Hardeman is IST's other team captain. They graduate in 2025. Their favourite stroke is back stroke. They're a Canadian swimmer and have been swimming for 14 year. Their biggest fear is endurance week.

Hardeman's greatest inspiration is their friends, coaches, and family. Their personal record is swimming a 100 meter backstroke race in 1:06.22 minutes and swimming a 29.99 second 50 fly!

International SCHOOL OF UGANDA

Shelby Clow is ISU's team captain. They are currently a senior and has been swimming for 16 years. They're favourite stroke is breaststroke however they are also amazing at freestyle as they beat their coach in 25m free.

This British and Malawian swimmer also owns their own cake business and is inspired by good people.

Ryuun Ohyama is ISU's team captain. They're a high school senior. Their favourite stroke is breast stroke. They're a Japanese swimmer and have been swimming for 4 to 5 years with a 6 year time. Their fun fact is that they "I tend to be at the wrong place at the wrong time... I'm there whenever disaster happens." This swimmer's greatest inspiration is their brother.