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February 8, 2004/Vol. 24 No. 5
PARKING LOT FROM HELL. Cars pile up like toys on Patong Beach in Phuket. Story on page 6. Photo by Patrick Green. CROWDED SIDEWALK. A wrecked car lies across a walkway in Cata Beach, Phuket. Photo by Judy Ridgway.
TO THE HILLS.Tourists in Phuket flee the beach during the Boxing Day Tsunami and hitchhike a ride to higher ground. Photo by Will Koen.
No one from SAS among the 289,000 dead
Tsunami fundraising exceeds all expectations After only two days of fundraising, the high school reached its goal of S$10,000. Story by Laura Imkamp. As of Feb. 1, the high school raised S$36,657.80 and S$89,893.60 was raised schoolwide for tsunami relief. The original school community goal was only S$50,000. Fundraising began on Jan. 24 and students and faculty were encouraged to donate spare cash in the lunch lines. Peace Initiative members circulated yellow donation boxes during all three breaks every day for a week and student organizations also contributed. Executive Council supplied buttons that were given to contributors and French Club added S$1,000 to the fund. Although the yellow donation boxes are no longer circulating, Peace Initiative Vice President Vrutika Mody said the bank account is still open for anyone who still wishes to donate.
Pratyush Rastogi, president of Peace Initiative, said the school is considering giving the money to groups of SAS students traveling on interim trips to tsunami stricken areas. This way, the money can be given directly to the people who really need it. “Helping children is our main focus,” Rastogi said. “The money is probably not going to big organizations because we want to concentrate on where the money is being spent.” Helping the orphaned children is a major issue in dealing with the aftermath of the tsunami disaster. Primary school guidance counselor Matthew Turner was in Colombo, Sri Lanka – his “home away from home” – when the tsunami hit. Turner was a Peace Corps volunteer in Sri Lanka from 1991 to 1993. He continues to visit Sri Lanka about two to three times a year. When the Tsunami struck, Turner was fortunate enough to be far away from the coast. However, eight of his friends were killed – six of them were Sri Lankan. Turnerʼs Singhalese teacher in the Peace
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Corps and the teacherʼs 6-year-old son were both killed. Although Turner was not directly involved in the tsunami, he was moved by the devastation in southwestern Sri Lanka and the loss of so many close friends. On Dec. 27, Turner joined a relief group in Galle, Sri Lanka, to help pass out food. The impact the tsunami had on so many innocent children was the most striking image that he encountered. “[There were] so many children that were obviously orphans,” Turner said. “I have never seen anything like it.” Turner has already planned a trip back to Sri Lanka during spring break, where he will volunteer for different orphanages in the areas most affected by the tsunami. In Phuket, high school computer coordinator Judy Ridgway watched the tsunami roll in from her bungalow steps. At first, Ridgway and a friend thought that a fight or accident was causing the chaos, but they soon realized what was really going on. The first surge of water barely reached the height of their bungalow
floor, which was about one meter off the ground. But 20 minutes later, the second wave reached over the building. Ridgway said that water seeped in through the front door and air conditioner “like a Jacuzzi,” and she was worried the windows would break. Fortunately, they did not, and the bungalow was still standing – even when a truck was tossed onto their balcony. “The scariest part was what to do next,” she said. In fear of aftershocks, she and her friend decided to make their way to higher ground. After trudging through debris and mud, they got a ride to a hotel in the back of a pickup truck. They were at the hotel for eight hours and spent the night with another friend who was staying in a house on higher ground. Junior Ashley McAdams was also in Phuket on Dec. 26. She said that no one at her hotel heard the first wave, but the ocean suddenly filled the pool area, knocked over lawn chairs, and turned the pool, literally, into a fishbowl. When the second wave came, people were blowing whistles and hotel residents started
running up the stairs. McAdams said that by the time she reached the stairwell, the water was up to her ankles. “Kids were being trampled and you couldnʼt even stop in the whole rush to reach down to help them,” she said. Soon after, McAdams was evacuated to a small village on higher ground and took the first flight back to Singapore the next morning. Seniors Will and Ted Koen watched from their hotel room balcony in Kata Beach as the tsunami hit Phuket. Ted said that it was not very big, but it just kept coming. They ran downstairs to the pool area and found their sister with cuts on her legs and the pool overflowing with sewage and dirty water. As the first floor flooded, the boys and their family ran back upstairs to pack their bags. While most other people headed to high ground, the Koens went to a nearby mall for a taxi to the airport and a flight home. Additional reporting by Bridget Hanagan, Kelsey Heiner, and Priyanka Dev.
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Campus gets facelift with security upgrades By Doug Fagan The campus entered its final stage of construction over Winter Break as contractors began work on the primary school and new administration offices, as well as replaced fences and installed car barriers. One of the already completed jobs by the construction teams is the new primary school playground. They moved the old covered playground to the center of the roundabout by the primary school. The area where the playground used to be will be converted into a “semi-circular building about 2.5 times larger than the similar structure for the completed intermediate school addition,” Facilities Director Anthony Wong said. The first floor will have a kindergarten and perceptual motor classroom, as well as a playground. The second floor will contain first grade classrooms and the third floor will be for second grade. The roof will have a playground, Superintendent Bob Gross said. A staircase near the central administration offices was knocked down to make way for the new additions that will shift the central administration building closer to what used to be the middle school side of the building. The tall windows along the second floor near the central admin offices show the location where several new offices will be located.
The expansion not only took care of re-modeling needs, but touched on security concerns as well. “We installed two roadblocks,” Wong said. “There is one in front of the guardhouse and one in front of the high school car park.” The roadblocks are not yet in use. The fences surrounding the perimeter of the school were also heightened, and the fence material was replaced by a material with smaller holes, and topped with barbed wire. The money for the security additions came from special grants given by the United States government, Wong said. They were constructed as part of the long-term plan for the school, not because of any specific warnings. “Roadblocks act as a deterrent,” Head of Security Major Isaac Benjamin said. “Their presence would greatly discourage any perpatrator.” The new fences surrounding the school are much tougher to break through, Benjamin said. They are much stronger, and the small holes make them nearly impossible to climb. “The new fence makes it very difficult for someone to climb over, and if someone attempts to cut his way through, he will need to cut at least 130 times before he could crawl in,” Benjamin said. “This is a vast difference from the old fence which could easily be scaled, and with just
six cuts you would have created a hole to crawl through.” Other security precautions include the requirement that construction workers on campus wear luminous vests and carry a pass for identification purposes. The area of construction by the primary school has its own construction entrance so the workers never enter the open campus. The number of cameras on campus was increased from 22 to 80, and there is a possibility that
if needed security sensors will be added to fences to alert the guards to intruders. Further changes in the campus include a plan to move intermediate art and music rooms to where the central administration offices used to be. The intermediate art rooms will become part of a gymnasium area. There were floor problems in the band rooms which were replaced over the break. Gross said as far as he knows, the problems have not continued since the floors were
replaced. “The contractor has to comply with specifications,” Gross said. “If they donʼt comply with the specifications, they donʼt get paid.” Work on an intermediate and middle school faculty lounge began as well. Wong said the cost of the construction over the break was between $500,000 and $1,000,000, a small fraction of the 64-milliondollar expansion budget.
PERIMETER FENCE ARMORS CAMPUS. New security fences have been installed around the campus, and harder to climb than the old fences.Two road blocks to prevent unauthorized intruders from entering the campus have been installed on campus as well. (Inset) Holes in the fences are much smaller, and are nearly impossible to climb. Photos by Phil Haslett.
Student remembered with memorial
Students who attended school with Veda Makani, class of 2003, will best remember her large, ever-present smile and the backwards-facing baseball cap that she never removed. Veda passed away last summer following a long battle with brain cancer. She was 19 years old. Vedaʼs interest in the arts led her into several drama productions at SAS. She spent the year after graduation studying the fine arts at Raffles La Salle Institute. “She was a very positive, upbeat person who aslways seemed to have a smile and a good word about people,” Principal Paul Chmelik said. Social studies teacher David MEMORIAL. Sophomore Shruti Shekar and technology teacher Mark Devine pay their respects to the late Veda Mekani. Mekani’s memorial was set up outside the library for a OʼConnel remembers her as “sweet, thoughtful and conscientious.” week. Photo by Mark Clemens.
Correction: Islander slighted in last Eye issue By Doug Fagan In a story in our last issue on awards given to SAS publications, we left out awards given to the Islander, SASʼ student produced yearbook. We apologize for our error. The Islander earned All American honors from the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA). All
American is the highest possible honor from the NSPA, and Islander won it with four marks of distinction in coverage, concept, design and photography. Columbia Scholastic Press Association gave the Islander a gold medal with 933 out of a possible 1000 points. The book was given All-Columbian honors for design, concept and photography. “Design was your strongest area,” the NSPA evaluator said. “Continue your trendy, funky design.”
Juice Zone to move into cafeteria over Interim By Michael Hu Juice Zone, a fruit juice and smoothie shop currently operating in Orchard Cineleisure mall and Suntec City Mall, will be opening a new outlet in the cafeteria next to Subway, filling the void created by Burger Kingʼs departure two years ago. Juice Zone will be opening at SAS partly as the result of calls for healthier food and drink alternatives for students. “We felt there has certainly been enough discussion that we ought to bring something in that is somewhat nutritious,” Superintendent Bob Gross said. Principal Paul Chmelik added
that Juice Zone was chosen because it had the best overall appeal due to food type, cost versus value and presentation. Juice Zone is making its products more affordable for students at SAS. “Our agreement with Juice Zone will ensure that prices at SAS are lower by at least 10 percent than other Juice Zone outlets,” said Facilities Director Anthony Wong. Prices at the Juice Zone outlet at Cineleisure range between $3.50 to $5.90 for fresh juice and smoothies. Some students are still unwilling to part with that much money for a drink. “You can get lunch for the same
price,” senior Vikki Chuensuksawadi said. “If it was cheaper I would [buy from Juice Zone] because itʼs a healthy choice.” Junior Joanna Tu argues that price should not be an issue for SAS students. “Kids who go here are pretty well off,” she said. “[I would go] occasionally, if Iʼm in the mood.” Construction work on Juice Zoneʼs vending stall will take place during the middle of February, while students are away on Interim Semester, and will be open for business at the end of the month. Additional reporting by Doug Fagan.
JUICE ZONE. Juice Zone will soon be opening a new outlet in the cafeteria. This outlet, in Cineleisure, prices its drinks between $3.50 and $5.90. The SAS outlet will lower its prices by at least 10 percent to accomodate students. Photo by Ally Vaz.
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U.S. relief effort deserves more credit By Penn Bullock The tsunami disaster triggered one of the most massive relief missions in history. Today, billions of dollars are flowing into the afflicted regions to help the countless survivors whose entire livelihoods were swept away by the sea. The images of orphans weeping for their parents, and of whole towns reduced to mud and rubble have spurred an unprecedented outpouring of compassion from the people of the West. But for one U.N. official, the Western aid was inadequate. Jan Egeland, the U.N. UndersecretaryGeneral for Humanitarian Affairs, accused rich governments of being “stingy”. Following his lead, many critics, including the New York Times, singled out the United States for its miserly response. Not only is the criticism inaccurate, it is also unfair and offensive. America is indisputably one of the most generous countries in the world. Last year the U.S. government donated about $15 billion to global humanitarian causes -- almost double the amount
of second-place Japan -- and was the source of 60 percent of the worldʼs food aid. Americaʼs reaction to the tsunami aftermath was swift and extraordinary. For the first time in history, America mobilized an aircraft carrier to deliver aid instead of bombs. U.S. and Australian military helicopters were the first to arrive in the disaster zone, bringing much-needed supplies to desperate survivors. Indeed, after recovering from his initial outrage, Mr. Egeland lauded Americaʼs contributions as a “godsend”. The Bush Administration has pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to go along with $300 million from American corporations . Here in Singapore, evidence of Americansʼ generosity abounds. Within only a few days of the tsunami, the American Club organized a charity drive to collect everything from clothing to sleeping bags to cash. Here at the American School, Peace Initiative launched a campaign to raise money. By the time it ended on Monday, the campaign had exceeded its $50,000
target by an impressive $10,000. Though America is now scalingdown its direct military involvement in the humanitarian operation, and has relinquished its leadership role to the United Nations, American money will still be hard at work in the region. Given that U.S. tax dollars account for a whopping one fifth of the U.N.ʼs total budget, much of the money being spent in disaster relief will come from America. The victims of the tsunami can also expect a lasting flow of private funds from the American people. Annual personal donations from U.S. citizens, which total $34 billion, exceed the annual U.N. budget by 10 times. In fact, while Americans give an average of $641 per head to charities every year, the comparative figure for Europeans who often boast of their supposed graciousness - is a paltry $51. America should be proud of its tremendous and vital contributions to humanitarian causes worldwide, and its response to the tsunami disaster deserves praise rather than derision. America the Stingy? I think not.
Rugby player touchy over criticism, labeling By Priyanka Dev Duck. Duck. Goose. For most people, these words incite memories of giggly preschool kids chasing one another around a circle. But the misinformed among us use this game to describe touch rugby. To them, the girls that spend hours playing under the scorching sun and in smothering humidity are no more skilled than six-year-olds. To them, the constant accelerating and back-pedaling across the field for thirty minutes needs no athleticism. To them, girls sprint, lunge, and score tries in a simple game of tag. In reality, touch rugby is far more physically and mentally intense than these critics can imagine. While it is true that touch rugby originally began as a social sport,
the game has evolved tremendously. Resembling contact rugby without the tackling, scrumming, and kicking, the aim of the game is to move the ball up the field and across the oppositionʼs try line. It emphasizes running, agility and ball-handling skills like many other grueling sports (which are hardly ever mocked). Soccer games, though they last 90 minutes, are far less intense than touch games. Soccer teams field eleven athletes, touch rugby six. This forces rugby players to cover more ground in a faster-paced game. Basketball, another respected sport, involves just as much sprinting as touch, yet covers less distance than that of a rugby pitch. However, the game plans bear a striking resemblance to rugby strategy. Englandʼs touch-rugby team
The Eye received this letter from senior Pratyush Rastogi concerning the global tsunami relief effort. On December 26th the world watched as a tidal wave took the lives of 300,000 people, and responded with billions of dollars in aid. It was the first time since 9/11 that the world stood united to condemn an injustice or fight a disaster. The tsunami was not the first major natural/man made disaster that struck in the last decade, yet why is it one of the few that we globally react to or even remember? It is because of the extensive media coverage, the images of mass graves and dead children sprawled across the seashore that stirred emotions within the hearts of billions. The movie Hotel Rwanda illustrates this. Clips of thousands of Tutsis being massacred in the middle of the street during the 1994 Rwandan civil war circulated the globe, yet the world did nothing. The Hutus slaughtered a million Tutsis and, as described by Joaquin
captain, John White, prefers touch rugby to the regular contact format. “Iʼve always played touch,” White said. “Itʼs quicker, smarter, and I donʼt mind the lack of contact.” Men, women, and children of all ages participate in touch leagues worldwide. The Federation of International Touch represents the sport globally, hosting the World Cup of Touch every four years. Despite the level of professionalism and physical rigor of touch rugby, students and faculty in our halls continue to ridicule the sport and its players. It is inarguable that the game involves constant concentration, intense strategy, and honed athletic skills. Come out and see the girlsʼ team after two grueling halves and you will see that touch rugby is no duck, duck, goose.
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Phoenixʼs character in the movie, “The world will watch these videos, say ʻThatʼs awful,ʼ and go back to their dinners.” Perhaps people will go as far as saying that in the tsunami disaster, the world reacted to prevent the spread of disease. Floods last year in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh left 5 million people homeless. Once again the world ignored the problem, and went back to their dinners. Maybe humans need to see thousands of mangled bodies lying half naked in piles before they lift a finger to help. Possibly the reason the tsunami disaster received so much aid is best described by Kudura Kasongo, the spokesman for the President of the Republic of Congo. “In Asia, Westerners are also dying alongside them. Perhaps thatʼs why.” In his country, approximately
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one thousand people, mostly children, die each day because of war-caused starvation and disease. Congo received a mere US$188 in aid all year, while the tsunami relief pledge reached US$ 4 billion in just two weeks. If no westerners had died in the tsunami, would aid have been on such a large scale? Please do not misunderstand the intention of this piece as every dollar given to the tsunami relief is absolutely essential. In fact, the crisis is a lesson in how humans should react to every disaster. Mankind should join hands and work in unity to contest each and every disaster. Whether it is an African, Asian, or caucasian stranded in a flood or caught in the middle of a war, they are human, and we must race to their aid. We must open our eyes to the whole world, not just what is in front of us.
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Wristbands missing the point Even if you donʼt wear them, you are all at least familiar with those silicone rubber wristbands that people wear as part of the latest fashion trend. However, these wristbands are no longer just an item to express support for a noble cause, but are becoming increasingly commercialized. Companies like Band-Together. com, “A Company Devoted To Your Cause,” customize these wristbands for about $1.60 per piece for an order of 1,000, with an additional charge of $652 for molding. BandTogether.com only waives the molding charge for orders of 10,000 wristbands or more. This wristband fad began with the Lance Armstrong Foundationʼs yellow “Livestrong” bracelets, sold at US$1 each to raise money for cancer research. Since then, they have quickly lost their charitable connotations. Some display tongue-in-cheek messages, and can be customized to display personal messages. One wristband sold to help the blind reads “Seeing Is Believing.” Another reads “Princess.” 4imprint.com, a company that makes promotional products, sells a pink wristband
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with the word “Courage” embossed on its side to promote Breast Cancer Awareness. Clearly, these bracelets are no longer just symbols of charity or support solely for noble causes. Increasingly, they are turning into commercialized vanity items that are exploited by manufacturers for profit. These wristbands have turned into fashion accessories. Middle school girls are spotted in the cafeteria wearing at least half a dozen of these wristbands. Itʼs safe to say these students arenʼt emulating Mother Theresa. Theyʼre making a fashion statement. This is why it is so important to understand why we wear these wristbands, and where they come from. Habitat for Humanity recently sold its “Raise The Roof” wristbands to raise money for a noble cause. However, not all organizations that sell these wristbands have such altruistic aims. Nor should students wear these wristbands out of a desire to appear charitable, when displaying a sense of style is higher up on their agenda. Wear them for the right reasons, and buy them from the right people.
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Editors-in-chief: Doug Fagan, Laura Imkamp News editor: Mike Hu Op/Ed editor: Phil Haslett Features editor: Ally Vaz A&E editor: Bridget Hanagan Sports editor: Alex Lloyd Reporters: Penn Bullock, Priyanka Dev, Doug Fagan, Bridget Hanagan, Phil Haslett, Kelsey Heiner, Ted Ho, Mike Hu, Laura Imkamp, Lon LeSueur, Alex Lloyd, Ally Vaz Adviser: Mark Clemens Assistant adviser: Judy Agusti The Eagle Eye is the student newspaper of the Singapore American School. All opinions stated within these pages are those of their respective writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Singapore American School, its board of governors, PTA, faculty or administration. Comments and suggestions can be sent to the Eagle Eye via the Internet at eye@sas.edu.sg. At the authorʼs request, names can be withheld from publication. Letters will be printed as completely as possible. The Eagle Eye reserves the right to edit letters for reasons of taste and space.
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Local international Jungle gym saves teachers fro schools’ families escape unscathed By Laura Imkamp SAS was not the only school with staff members who were affected by the tsunami. No other international schools – IASAS or local – lost community members, although two staff members from the International School of Bangkok lost their children. ISB teachers Petro and Karin Berkhout were in Phuket with their six-year-old twin son and daughter when the tsunami hit. Both children were lost and Mrs. Berkhout suffered fractures in her legs, blood poisoning from cuts and breathing difficulties. She is still in the Intensive Care Unit of the Bangkok hospital, but is expected to recover. Her husband is recovering well from surgery on his leg. International School of Singapore teacher Kishanda Vickneson was packing up her belongings in her hotel room in Kosagoda, a town 45 minutes from Galle, Sri Lanka, at the time of the tsunami. She and her family were supposed to leave that afternoon to return to Singapore, but while her husband was at the beach with their two sons, the first wave hit and they came running back to the hotel room. When the power supply in the hotel went out, they went outside to see what was going on. Vickneson said the sea was calm, withdrawn and at a low level until it suddenly started “rising at full speed.” Vicknesonʼs family and hotel residents started running out of the dining area. When she turned to look back, the water had already reached the tables and chairs. Vickneson said it looked like the scene in the movie ʻTitanicʼ when tables and chairs were being swept away by the water flooding the sinking ship. V i c k n e s o n remembered a lot of people screaming and that they could not run directly inland because of a lagoon that was on the other side of the hotel. “We were sandwiched in both directions by water,” she said. Vickneson hoisted her tenyear-old son on top of a wall, but the quickly rising water knocked the wall down. The family was swept away, but they all managed to cling onto each other, treading water to stay afloat. At one point a man held onto Vicknesonʼs blouse, yelling that he couldnʼt swim, but neither could Vickneson.
Soon after, the man was dragged away by the current and her 12year-old son was pulled away in the opposite direction. The current pulled Vickneson under many times, but she fought to stay up. “It was such a battle with the water,” she said. As the water pulled the Vicknesons inland, they grabbed a coconut tree and held on for their lives. While her youngest son and husband clung to the tree, Vickneson held on to her husbandʼs shirt – until he turned to help their son and she lost grip. She started to sink. At that point Vickneson said she didnʼt mind dying; she was too tired to keep trying. Her husband found her under the water and pulled her back up to the surface. “I heard my son yelling ʻMommy donʼt die!ʼ” she said. “I realized I couldnʼt just give up, because I had my son.” With one big hoist, she and her husband managed to pull up to the tree so she could hold on. It was then that they realized neither of them had seen their oldest son since he was dragged away by the current. When they called his name, he answered from a rooftop. After he was pulled away, he realized it would be too difficult to swim, so he dove under the water. He saw a horse tied up nearby and climbed onto a windowsill from the horseʼs back. From the windowsill he pulled himself onto the roof of the building. Vickneson said that when the water started receding, they had to fight not to be pulled away with it. She remembers people screaming, crying and calling for each other. “To get out of that place was another nightmare,” Vickneson said. She and her family walked one and a half kilometers barefoot and hitched rides until they finally got to Colombo. Luckily, she still had her purse with passports and plane tickets and her husband still had his wallet. They checked into a Holiday Inn for the night and took a plane back to Singapore the next day. The family escaped without serious injury. Vickneson said they had lots of scratches on their legs and they were swollen for the next few days. “That was another fortunate thing,” she said. “That no bones were broken because of the way the waves were beating against my body.”
By Alex Loyd On their last day at Patong beach, SAS teachers Patrick Green and Rebecca Johnson stepped into the elevator on their way to the beach for a few last rays of Thai sun. The elevator doors closed and the elevator began its descent to the lobby. Halfway to the first floor the elevator stopped and the lights went out. Suddenly, the elevator was filled with what Green described as “a horrific inhuman screaming of metal against metal and of glass breaking.” The lights flickered back on and the elevator began slowly filling with water. The lights went out again. Abruptly, the elevator dropped to the first floor and the doors opened. Green and Johnson looked out into the open-air lobby, the lobby that was now a river. “It was only at that point that we realized this was something bigger than just the hotel,” Green said. Stepping into the water, the couple headed for a jungle gym. “I thought it was our best bet because it looked the most solid,” said Green. “Everything else floating around in the water and being carried away.” As they set out, the water around them was only waist-deep. By the time they reached the jungle gym, about 20 feet away, they were swimming in neck-high water. The water receded. People came out and were walked around in a state of confusion. An Australian woman looked for the 5-year-old son who had been ripped from her arms when the wave hit. She held her 18-month-old baby boy. “She screamed his name over and over again,” Green said. “She had lost her mind, like any mother would. She was torn apart by the loss of her son.” Seeing another wave, Green convinced the woman to join them on the gym. The water was black; the only thing that could be seen were pieces of debris floating on top of the water. They braced for the second wave. The jungle gym was about six feet high and the wave hit at chest
height. “We were lucky to survive,” Green said. “I was amazed no debris hit us. We just held on for our lives.” A woman floated by in the water, struggling to stay afloat. “Becky reached out to pull the woman in,” Green said. “The woman began to pull frantically on Becky, and Becky just pulled her out of the water. It was this amazing feat of strength.” Green prayed. The sequence of events, from the elevator to the “crazy water,” had left him stunned and confused. Then the big wave
came. “I saw it way out there, and I realized I needed to really brace myself,” Green said. “But once I saw it, I realized there was no way I was going to be able to hold on.” Then, Green said, a “miracle” happened. A thatched, palm leaf roof flipped up in front of them, shielding them from the wave that rose over 12 feet. “I donʼt know how it happened,” Green said. “I had noticed it lodged against the jungle gym earlier, and it just snapped in front of us and protected us.” After the third wave passed,
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Sri Lanka: Raging water demolishes S By Ted Ho A seven-meter surge rushed onto the beach and right through junior Tarik Staffordʼs two-storey beach house. It continued across a twolane road, finally stopping at the railroad tracks. It left in its wake a trail of destruction affecting almost the entire 1,340 km coastline of this little island nation. Stafford was on holiday, relaxing on the beach in front of his house with relatives in the small township of Indirua, Sri Lanka. “The first surge came so fast that we had not time to react and we just stood there on the porch in shock,” Stafford said. Stafford said that he had no real warning of the tsunami coming
except that the tide in front of his house became very low. Because his house was elevated a few meters off the ground, the first surge did not do any damage. The second surge came a few minutes later. At 10:35 a.m. a powerful seven-meter wave pounded the house completely wrecking the first floor and covering it in a layer of muddy water. The electricity and water lines were cut off by the waveʼs impact. Stafford said that live electricity wires thrown onto the ground in the wreckage conducted charges through the water. “You could feel electric shock waves coming through the water,” Stafford said. After the second surge, the
Staffords decided to evacuate to high ground. Twenty-seven members of the family left the damaged house for the highest ground they could find. Two people were left to oversee the house and prevent looting. “We grabbed our most important valuables, a gallon of water and our cell phones and just got the hell out of there,” Stafford said. Because the Staffords only had two 4WDs they had to make several trips to and from a temple on the top of a nearby hill where they took refuge. “The water had reached the top of the wheel (of the car),” Stafford said. “Luckily we had no problems starting up the car.” During their stay at the
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om debris and rushing waters Annual vacation to Green realized that they would never survive another wave of that size, and that they had to get out of there. Green collected beach cushions that were floating in the water nearby to help stay afloat. The Australian mother handed Green her baby. She said she didnʼt want to lose him. “She didnʼt trust herself to make the swim,” Green said. Cradling the baby in his arms, Green set out, leading the group towards the hotel. Debris began to pile up against Green, and he slung the baby over his shoulder to protect it from the
barrage of floating pieces. Johnson found a staircase on the side of the hotel that led to the roof. On the roof, they found the husband of the Australian woman, and Green handed over the baby to his father. Looking out over the scene below them, Green surveyed the destruction. Everything had been leveled. “There was nothing left where shops had been just the day before,” Green said. “Entire concrete walls had just been destroyed.” But then began perhaps the most terrible part of the day: the wait. “When you watch TV and
see people on the news that have survived these disasters you think, ʻWell, thatʼs good, theyʼre safe and all right. Itʼs nothing like that.” Green and Johnson went to their hotel room to collect their things, but were soon told to go to the roof because another wave was coming. It was on the roof where they spent the next six hours in 100-degree heat with no shade. There was no running water and no bathrooms. “Everybody was bloody, because in order to make it back you had to walk over all the debris that was in your way, and youʼd lost your shoes during the wave,” Green said. “The stench was unbelievable because first you had sea life rotting, and then you probably had bodies baking in the sun.” The 5-year-old son of the Australian woman was found, alive. He had held onto something after being swept from his motherʼs arms and found his way to safety. Not wanting to stay in the depressing atmosphere any longer, Green decided that he and Johnson should leave Thailand and headed for the airport. Going to the road, they hailed a driver, paying him 2500 baht (USD50) to give them a ride to the airport and help then get their luggage from the hotel. Arriving at the airport, Green and Johnson realized just how lucky they were. “There were people with no passports, no documents, nothing,” Green said. “People stumbled around in their underwear because their clothes had been ripped off by the water.” The event is one that Green says he will never forget, whether he wants to or not. “There are things I saw and heard that I donʼt ever want to see again, but theyʼll stay with me forever.”
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Staffords’ home forcing them to flee temple, Stafford said the Staff was accommodating and even gave them food. As the Staffords waited out the tsunami at the temple, they made plans to move to the capital, Colombo, since the damage done to their holiday house made it impossible to return. They tried to call some of their relatives in Colombo to send a car to pick everyone up. “The phones were completely jammed, because everyone was trying to call each other and check to see if they were alright,” Stafford said. The Staffords were only able to get a call across every now and then as the phone network could only take a limited number of calls in one go. By using a Singapore cell phone with
a roaming feature, they got in touch with their relatives. After making the call, the Staffords left the temple and went home to assess the damage of the waves. The tsunami had not only destroyed the first floor of their house, but also swept away their valuables like money and clothes. Even larger objects, such as the Christmas tree were not spared by the destruction of the tsunami. “The fridge got thrown into the wall, our pool got contaminated and the septic tank in the workers area of the house leaked its contents,” Stafford said. “But itʼs nothing that canʼt be fixed.” During the week and half he stayed in Colombo Stafford
reflected on the whole ordeal. One thing he noticed was how poorly the authorities dealt with the entire situation. The tsunami was not broadcast on any local TV channels,” Stafford said. “Even thought the authorities declared a national emergency I did not see any policemen patrolling the streets. It was absolute chaos.” After the whole ordeal Stafford counts himself lucky that the Tsunami did not inflict any long-term physical or psychological damage on him. “I felt really lucky that I had no serious injuries,” Stafford said, “Iʼm glad I was able to escape the tsunami with only scratches and bruises.”
Phuket turns dangerous for teachers, daughters
By Ally Vaz Johanna (Hanna) Stagg, a 2004 SAS graduate, jolts awake to find herself safe in her room, breathing heavily, her body breaking out into a cold sweat. Sheʼs been having nightmares and disturbed sleep since she and her family narrowly escaped death in the Dec. 26 tsunami. “I have dreams all the time. We might be in the middle of Iowa, and everybody gets killed,” Stagg said. Hanna, her older sister Caitlin, and parents Michael Stagg, social studies teacher, and guidance counselor Beth Kramer, have been having dreams and disturbed sleep since their close encounter with the tsunami. Kramer and her two daughters were having breakfast at their resort on a small hill over the beach when the first two waves hit Yanui Beach in Phuket. “We just noticed there was weird water,” Caitlin said, “We looked out and the beach was gone.” Worried about Mr. Stagg, they left the resort restaurant where they were eating breakfast and went down to the beach to look for him. The entire beach was in disarray. The first two waves had sucked back everything on the beach leaving deck chairs strewn around and tables over turned. The front steps of the beachfront restaurant had been completely washed away. The family was picking up debris and taking pictures when the water level suddenly receded about 100m, exposing coral that had not been visible before. Mr. Stagg, the furthest away
from the resort, happened to look out to the sea and saw that the water level at sea was higher than he was tall. Realizing it was coming in, he turned and ran. “I think there were a lot of people shouting,” Mr. Stagg said, “I just remember a lot of general noise and panic, and I was guessing it was a tsunami.” Kramer and the girls managed to run off the beach and up the hill leading to their resort ahead of Mr. Stagg. They stood on the steps screaming and shrieking “Run! Get Out!” to Mr. Stagg. The water hit the ground and smashed over buildings, dragging motorcycles and vehicles with it. Running on a path parallel to the beach, Mr. Stagg heard the wave hit a house to his right, tearing it to pieces like matchsticks. “I remember looking at the house and thinking. ʻThat house is dead meat.ʼ Iʼm surprised Iʼm still able to run and that the wave has not picked me up,” he said. Back at the resort, rumors of aftershocks kept the family there for the rest of the day. They left on the 31st as planned. What the family was not prepared for was the atmosphere at the airport. There were posters of missing children and adults plastered over every visible surface. Kramer said that some of them cried looking at the posters as the reality of the devastation hit them. “Itʼs just one of those life experiences you are always going to remember,” Kramer said, “but just the power of the wave Iʼll never forget.”
Teacher, family find high ground to escape debris By Alex Loyd Elizabeth Bynum was on her way to Phuket for a family vacation. They had departed from the airport just hours earlier. They had no idea that a tsunami had just hit. “As we were driving down the road, we could tell that something was wrong,” Bynum said. “There was lots of water everywhere, and as we got closer to the resort, furniture and debris was scattered all over the place, and there were people walking around very confused.” It was while they were driving, still trying to figure out what had, that the second wave hit. Water rolled in over the beach onto the road. Seeing the water, the taxi driver swerved off the road and drove towards higher ground. All around them people were running from the rush of water at their heels. “We all collected on the top of this big hill,” Bynum said. “From
there we could see all the devastation and injured people.” Bynum said the experience was “surreal.” No one knew the extent of the tsunami. Below the people standing on the hill, injured people dragged themselves from the debris. Truckloads of people drove by. Some were probably dead, she said. “I think Rebekah probably saw more than I would have liked her to,” Bynum said of her daughter. “People walked by carrying others who were hurt or dead.Bynumʼs husband, who is the chaplain with the U.S. Navy in Singapore, volunteered to counsel English-speakers at a local hospital. “Many of those who had been injured had also lost family members so they needed someone to talk to,” David Bynum said. “The experience was traumatic and life-changing,” Elizabeth Bynum said. “I donʼt think Iʼll be going back to Phuket any time soon.”
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Circus beat drives dancers
Stephanie Quach
The Cultural Convention dancers chose a llighter theme for this year’s performance. Their circus theme is a chnage from the previous year’s deep and denser themes. Photo by Ally Vaz.
By Michael Hu Junior Stephanie Quach walks slowly towards the piano and places her music in front of her. She begins to sway slightly from side to side as her fingers glide across the keys of the piano, effortlessly playing Beethovenʼs Sonata in C minor “Grande Sonata Pathetique,” her favorite piece. “Beethovenʼs pieces are classical, dramatic, and expressive,” Quach said of her favorite composer. Quach, who will be performing at this yearʼs Cultural Convention, will be playing both solos and accompanying pieces for the SAS Singers, and possibly with String Ensemble and Wind Ensemble as well. Quach, who recently turned 18, has been playing the piano since the age of four. While many parents force their children to play musical instruments, she chose to play the piano on her own. “When I was little, I just saw a piano in the shop, and I wanted it, so my parents bought it for me,” Quach said. Quach took hour-long lessons once a week, and has been taking them ever since. She finds the experience rewarding. “Itʼs quite important [to take lessons],” Quach said. “It teaches you the right way to play and it helps you improve. I practice whenever I have free time. I think itʼs fun,”
Although Quach has studied the piano for years, she never performed regularly for audiences until coming to SAS. “I never really performed until I came to SAS. I took part in a competition once when I was still young. I didnʼt get first or anything, but it was still a good experience,” Quach said. Quach played the violin onand-off for three years before eventually giving it up. “I didnʼt like holding it,” Quach said. “I never really played it seriously.” Choral Director Nanette Devens worked with Quach for the last two years and rates her highly as a pianist. “Technically sheʼs very gifted, and sheʼs smart,” Devens said. “She can sight-read very well.” Quach plans to keep playing the piano beyond high school. “I might do a double degree in music and something else,” Quach said. As for making a career out of playing the piano, Quach is still considering her options. “Possibly, but maybe I would do it as a side job,” Quach said. “Itʼs pretty hard to become a pianist. Maybe Iʼll keep doing it as a hobby.” Quachʼs mantra to success is to work hard and be confident. “Just believe that you can do it and try your best,” Quach said.
Actors serve up moveable feast By Ted Ho As students start heading home after a long day of school, delegates of the Cultural Convention Drama performance head to Ms. Kuesterʼs room for an afternoon of improv warm-ups, drama discussions and play-acting in order to prepare for their upcoming play, “Dinner,” by Mora Buffini. “The play is a dark comedy with characters that have very fully developed personalities,” play director Patricia Kuester said. “It is a very challenging vehicle for really good actors.” “Dinner” is a modern play that deals with relationships and societal decay illustrated in a dinner setting where seven dysfunctional characters argue and bicker at one another. “The play is funny on the outside,” said Junior Will Reed who plays Lars Jansen in the play, “but underneath you get this sense of depression from all the dysfunctional relationships.” The play is a black comedy with both funny and tragic moments. The tragic moments of the play show society at itʼs meanest. “In the play you can see how people can be cruel to each other in a common setting like a dinner,” senior Sam Stonefield said. Both Stonefield and Reedʼs characters are married in the play.
Stonefieldʼs character, Hal, a microbiologist with no social skills, is married to junior Lexi Kirwinʼs character, Shawn. Reedʼs character, Lars, is also entangled in a failing marriage with Paige, played by Erin Han. Paige ostensibly hosts the dinner in celebration of Larʼs new self-help philosophy book. In truth, the reason
“In the play you can see how people can be cruel to each other in a common setting like a dinner.”
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she is hosting the dinner party is so she can steal Larʼs glory. “The relationship between Lars and Paige is really depressing,” Reed said, “ They eat off each others bad qualities and continually bicker with each other.” Seven actors and two alternates were chosen to perform in the play Cultural Convention Drama, which will be held at SAS, has no set requirements for the IASAS plays, other than the restriction of foul language and a 45-minute time limit. The actors had to cut about one-third of the play in order to meet the time constraints. Besides performing their plays, actors from the six IASAS schools attend three workshops during the three days of Cultural. “ One of things we do in the workshops is we all talk about a particular scene that we had trouble with during practice and we talk about it,” Reed said. For Kuester, the director of the play, who has taught at SAS for 17 years, the best part of practicing for cultural is seeing her students put hard work into practice and getting a great final product. “When you try something, experiment and take risks, and you get something great out of your work, itʼs really exciting.” Kuester said. Senior Tiffany Lin rehearses for Oral Interpretation as Will Reid, Lucien Mattison, and Steven Saxton look on and take notes. Junior Will Reid practices after school during Oral Interpretation practice. Nanette Ruhter, the Oral Interpretation coach gives some tips and comments on the cultural team’s performance after practice. The team consists of four members, seniors Tiffany Lin, Steven Saxton, and Lucien Mattison, also, junior Will Reid. Only three of the members will participate in Cultural Convention, with one alternate. Photos by Ally Vaz.
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Sold Out: All-student production wows crowds
Clockwise from upper left. GRAND FINALE.. Cast closes successful five-show run with the song ‘Happiness.’ Cast members include Barnabas Lin, Ted White, Andrew Padgett, Christine Byrne, Jane Hur, Erika Szombathy and Micahel Coombs. SIBLING RIVALRY. Lucy goads little brother Linus deepening his insecurity. DOGFIGHT. Snoopy, Nick Kreston, combs the skies ahead for signs of the cursed Red Baron. LOSER. Lucy, up to her old tricks, hammers home the message that Charlie Brown is a loser.
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By Bridget Hanagan Seniors Erich Bussing and Erin Han never expected that their dream of putting together a student-run musical would finally become reality in the form of “Charlie Brown—the Musical.” From the time the two came up with the idea during Cultural Convention in Bangkok last year, until January 21, Bussing and Han worked hours each day planning, directing, and producing the musical. Spending so much time and effort on a single project, “Charlie Brown” became an integral part of every cast members life. With more time to reflect on the experience, the cast members agree they miss “everything” about “Charlie Brown.” “It is amazing that it turned out to be such a positive experience,” director Erin Han said. Patricia Kuester, the high school acting director, said that “Charlie Brown” set the standard for further student-run musicals, and that she hopes it will become a regular event at the high school. Math teacher Paul Terrile, a huge “Charlie Brown” fan, was also impressed by the musical. “[I was] amazed it was student directed because it was as good as any of the plays Iʼve seen here,” Terrile said. “The kids should be proud they took the initiative.” Erika Szombathy, who played Peppermint Patty, was nervous about
Silver sweep: tennis falls second to Bangkok By Doug Fagan For both the girlsʼ and boysʼ varsity tennis teams, the chance for IASAS gold came down to their matches against host International School of Bangkok. But both teams fell short. Unlike most IASAS tournaments, there is no championship game in tennis. The best two teams from the round robin do not go on to face each other in the championship. Instead, the team with the best round robin record claims the gold. The boys faced Bangkok in their final match, and with both teams undefeated, it was a title game. After splitting the first four games
with Bangkok, the boysʼ tournament chances rested on the shoulders of its First Doubles team. “It was a really, really close game,” senior captain Tommy Phillips said. “We all played well.” Unfortunately, the First Doubles team dropped the decisive third set after splitting the first two, and the boys lost the match, and the gold, to Bangkok. Phillips is confident that next yearʼs IASAS squad has a chance to do some damage. “We are losing a lot of players next year,” Philips said. “I still think theyʼll do a good job.” The girlsʼ team, trying to defend
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their gold medal from last year, played their decisive match against Bangkok on the second day. Like the boys, they lost their game 3 - 2. “We were so close to gold,” senior Alex Ameel said. “Because the matches were so close, had we played again, I think we could have won.” Second Singles player junior Sarah Yang and Third Singles player sophomore Brittany Beal earned all-tournament honors for the girls. The boysʼ Second Doubles team of Tommy Phillips and Shintaro Masuno and Third Singles player Will Newman-Wise were selected all-tournament.
Basketball teams earn mixed results in Manila By Lon LeSueur With a jam-packed gymnasium full of fans screaming for our Eagles to fail, the boysʼ basketball team still brought home the gold for the seventh straight year. Coach Mike Norman led the boys to the final where they beat host team International School of Manila 94 – 79. Undefeated in all five round robin games, the boys only flirted with a loss once when they narrowly beat ISM by one in a game that did not matter since the boys were already into the final. “We had a lot more spirit [than
the rest of the teams] and we were a lot better at rebounding,” sophomore Clay Crawford said. Senior Josh Mobley injured himself in practice on the Monday before the team left for IASAS, so freshman David Small went in his place. “I would have rather [Mobley] go than me, since it was his senior year and all,” said Small. “He would have scored a lot of points as well.”
With a very young team, the girls were not as fortunate. Even though they managed to beat tournament runner-up International School of Kuala Lumpur in the round robin, the girls found themselves tied with three other teams with 2-3 records. When the tiebreaker was sorted out, the girls finished in last place. If given the chance to play in the final, junior Andrea Long said the girls would have played “awesome.” “We came into IASAS with very little confidence” Long said of theyoung team. “Next year we will do great.”
the musical over Christmas break because the cast still had a few scenes that needed to be blocked. However, everything came together the week of the play. “It was like we clicked when we performed,” Szombathy said. Not only did the musical come together better than anyone ever expected, the small cast meshed and got along well. Cast members committed themselves to the musical five days a week from 3 to 6 P.M. once “South Pacific” ended. “We became a family because we spent so much time together. “Charlie Brown” was my life,” Szombathy said. Because the musical was student directed and the cast was small, everyone worked together to solve any conflicts and had more input on the direction of the play. Students working backstage and those designing the props recognized how well everyone compromised and worked together. “Erin was really good at getting everyone together and discussing what went well and what needed to be improved,” said McKinley Sheerin, the head props creator. Everyone agrees the thing they will miss most about “Charlie Brown” is not being able to see the same group of people every day because strong friendships were formed between each member of the cast.
IASAS Results basketball Boys
Girls
Chapionship Game SAS - 94 vs ISM - 79
Championship Game JIS - 51 vs ISKL - 40
Consolation Game TAS - 99 vs ISB - 66
Consolation Game ISB - 48 vs TAS - 50
Round Robin Games SAS - 94 vs JIS - 84 SAS - 104 vs ISB - 39 SAS - 90 vs ISKL - 59 SAS - 67 vs ISM - 66 SAS - 94 vs TAS - 79
Round Robin Games SAS - 48 vs JIS - 57 SAS - 48 vs ISB - 46 SAS - 90 vs ISKL - 59 SAS - 44 vs ISM - 51 SAS - 41 vs TAS - 48
tennis Boys 1st Place : ISB 5 - 0 2nd Place : SAS 4 - 1 3rd Place : JIS 3 - 2 Round Robin Matches SAS - 4 vs JIS - 1 SAS - 2 vs ISB - 3 SAS - 4 vs ISKL - 1 SAS - 4 vs ISM - 1 SAS - 5 vs TAS - 0
Girls 1st Place : ISB 5 - 0 2nd Place :SAS 4 - 1 3rd Place : ISM 3 - 2 Round Robin Matches SAS - 4 vs JIS - 1 SAS - 2 vs ISB - 3 SAS - 4 vs ISKL - 1 SAS - 5 vs ISM - 0 SAS - 5 vs TAS - 0
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IASAS Results swimming
Clockwise from left: SAS eagles cheer on an SAS swimmer in a backstroke event; Brad Bordwell outtouches Thomas Brisson by .25 of a second in the 50-meter free; Boys push off the wall in the 200meter backstroke finals. Photos by Laura Imkamp.
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Swim teams sweep gold again By Phil Haslett In a very one-sided ordeal, the SAS eagles dominated the 2005 IASAS Swimming Championships in Kuala Lumpur, sweeping the gold medal for the second straight year. Both teamsʼ intense practice sessions paid off in individual and relay events. Junior Whitney Taylor set the standard by winning the meetʼs first event, the girls 200-meter freestyle, by over two seconds. At the end of day one, both teams held hefty leads over their foes.
“We knew we were the favorites heading into IASAS, so there was no real pressure,” junior Paul Ham said. On day two, sophomore Sara Tan broke an 18-year-old IASAS record in the 200-meter IM, further securing the girlsʼ teamʼs overall point lead. Later that afternoon, the boysʼ team demolished their opponents in the 400-meter medley relay. Juniors Brad Bordwell, Mark Fordney and Ham, and freshman Thomas Brisson won the event by nearly nine seconds. “By the end of the second day,
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we pretty much had it [the meet] won. Our only competition was our boys team,” co-captain Nitika Gupta said. The boys 400-meter relay team sealed the deal in the final event in exhilarating fashion, edging out Jakarta International School by less than a tenth of a second. The boys finished with a final tally of 155 points and the girls with 147. JIS and International School of Bangkok finished in second and third place respectively in both the boysʼ and girlsʼ team tallies.
Rugby teams settle for third
By Priyanka Dev After playing six games over a period of three days, both boysʼ and girlsʼ rugby teams emerged from IASAS 2005 with well-deserved bronze medals. Though neither team made it to the championship game, both teams put up a solid fight till the end. “I have no regrets about how we played throughout the tournament,” girlsʼ Co-captain Bridget Hanagan said. “We never fell apart.” The girlsʼ touch team, with only three returning IASAS players, was an unusually young team. Three of the teamsʼ members had never touched a rugby ball before this season. “Of course we had hopes of gold, but we had no expectations of it,” Hanagan said. “We just had one goal: to play to our potential.” After two wins, two losses, and a draw in the initial games, the Eagles went into the consolation game and lagged behind the Taipei Tigers by two tries after the first half. Scoring three tries in the second half alone, the team pulled off a dramatic comeback. “I just knew we were going to win that game,” Hanagan said. “It
was definitely a bronze medal to remember.” Unfortunately for the boysʼ team, the Singapore Under-17 Champions, hopes were shattered after the first game. Despite a slew of questionable referee decisions in the match, co-captain Richard Elliot still believes the team played well later in the day and throughout the rest of the weekend. “We were just unlucky with that
first game and those calls,” Elliot said. “We were still easily the best team at the tournament.” Unlike the girlsʼ team, the boysʼ team will be losing several seniors after this year. In both girlsʼ and boysʼ championship games, loud homecrowd spirit lifted the Jakarta Dragons to a gold medal, while the Bangkok Panthers settled for silvers.
Girls 200 Free Whitney Taylor - SAS - 2:06.96 Laura Skoda - TAS - 2:09.07
Boys 200 Free David Round - JIS - 2:02.28 Richie Pavone - SAS - 2:07.97
100 Breast Sarina Hemungkorn - ISB - 1:19.20 Mindy Nguyen - SAS - 1:22.22
100 Breast Mark Fordney - SAS - 1:09.52 Jonathon Yew - TAS - 1:10.02
50 Fly Sara Tan - SAS - 30.74 Sarina Hemungkorn - ISB - 32.65
50 Fly David Round - JIS - 28.17 Mark Fordney - SAS - 28.39
100 Back Whitney Taylor - SAS - 1:04.63 Lindsay Borman - JIS - 1:11.68
100 Back Schulyar Rockey - ISB - 1:03.24 Thomas Brisson - SAS - 1:04.17
400 IM Natty Chlermpalanupap - JIS - 5:12.95 Kate Parkinson - SAS - 5:21.21
400 IM Schulyar Rockey - ISB - 5:03.66 Dallas Jones - JIS - 5:04.60
200 IM Sara Tan - SAS - 2:28.01* Cha Inn Moon - ISM - 2:36.61
200 IM Schulyar Rockey - ISB - 2:20.17 Dallas Jones - JIS - 2:23.41
800 Free Laura Skoda - TAS - 9:18.65* Natty Chalermpalanupap - JIS - 9:27.04
800 Free Ivor Mollema - JIS - 9:17.70 Kristian Danorwayan - SAS - 9:36.13
200 Breast Sarina Hemungkorn - ISB - 2:50.98 Mindy Nguyen - SAS - 2:59.00
200 Breast Mark Fordney - SAS - 2:28.37 Jonathon Yew - TAS - 2:35.90
100 Free Whitney Taylor - SAS - 59.44 Cha Inn Moon - ISM - 1:00.22
100 Free David Round - JIS - 56.18 Brad Bordwell - SAS - 57.77
4x100 Medley Relay SAS - 4:57.66 ISB - 5:07.17
4x100 Medley Relay SAS - 4:15.72 TAS - 4:24.59
400 Free Laura Skoda - TAS - 4:31.88* Kate Parkinson - SAS - 4:41.16
400 Free David Round - JIS - 4:21.32 Richie Pavone - SAS - 4:33.63
100 Fly Whitney Taylor - SAS - 1:05.81* Sarina Hemungkorn - ISB - 1:12.37
100 Fly Mark Fordney - SAS - 1:01.62 Jonathon Yew - TAS - 1:03.84
200 Back Natty Chalrmpalanupap - JIS - 2:25.19* Saheela Mehrotra - TAS - 2:42.28
200 Back Schulyar Rockey - ISB - 2:14.78 Dallas Jones - JIS - 2:23.13
50 Free Cha Inn Moon - ISM - 28.01 Sara Tan - SAS - 28.70
50 Free Brad Bordwell - SAS - 25.65 Thomas Brisson - SAS - 25.90
4x100 Free SAS - 4:07.66* JIS - 4:24.52
4x100 Free Relay SAS - 3:50.76 JIS - 3:50 85
1st Place: SAS - 147 2nd Place: JIS - 66 3rd Place: ISB - 55
1st Place: SAS - 155 2nd Place: JIS - 91 3rd Place: ISB - 54 *New IASAS Record
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Senior Andrew Goodall eludes a defender from the International School of Manila Bearcats in a round robin game. Photo courtesy of Jakarta International School’s website.
Boys Championship Game JIS - 12 vs ISB - 7
Girls Championship Game JIS - 2 vs ISB - 1
Consolation Game SAS - 7 vs ISKL - 5
Consolation Game SAS - 3 vs TAS - 2
Round Robin Games SAS - 12 vs JIS - 20 SAS - 5 vs ISB - 5 SAS - 22 vs ISKL - 7 SAS - 29 vs ISM - 5 SAS - 61 vs TAS - 0
Round Robin Games SAS - 1 vs JIS - 1 SAS - 2 vs ISB - 4 SAS - 2 vs ISKL - 0 SAS - 4 vs ISM - 1 SAS - 1 vs TAS - 3