Casting Announcement: The Wolves

Rachel Cairns

Never got that badge from swimming class.

Aisha Evelyna

#07

When I was six of seven, we were out at recess playing soccer on a wet field. I remember going to kick the ball, missing, and landing in a FULL SPILT. The pain! Needless to say, after that I never pursued taking gymnastics when I had the opportunity. The very thought of doing the splits now makes me physically nauseous.

Ruth Goodwin

#25

In one of my first races as a swimmer I made the rookie move of putting my goggles over my swim cap. The force of my dive into the pool undid the suction, filling the goggles with water. I swam into the side of the pool and thought the race was over when I still had half a length to go. A metaphorical lesson to keep going and see things clearly.

Annelise Hawrylak

#02

I think I must have been about seven when I was playing baseball in a friend's backyard... I was on third and I had the ball, and I knew I could use it to tag the girl running from first to second out, so I threw it at her legs like it was a dodgeball. The bruise was pretty killer, and we never played baseball again. I still feel bad about that. And I still don't understand the rules of baseball.

Ula Jurecka

#11

I peed my pants at tennis camp one time. I don't want to talk about it.

Brittany Kay

#14

I wanted to kick it with the boys at recess while they played football. I was so hyped to be included, but didn't know any of the rules. Thought I'd coast by just outside of the action. When my name was called, I thought it was a signal to run towards the ball, but it was actually a sign to get out of the way as the football had been punted directly into my face. Bloody nose. Embarrassment. I never joined the boys again.

Heath V. Salazar

#13

After my first soccer practice at the age of twelve, my coach told me there was no way I could get any worse. Being the tenacious child I was and hoping fervently that my Colombian blood would come to my rescue, I stuck around for a full year to prove him wrong. Unfortunately, my league was all games and no practices, so I spent every Saturday morning kicking the ball when it was supposed to stay still, staring blankly when it was time to start a play, and ultimately being the worst player in my entire league.

Hallie Seline

#08

In my first rugby game, I had been assigned to ”wing” and was told ”that's where the small fast girls go... you most likely won't have to tackle as much.” Unfortunately, the first team we played had a wing whose one thigh was the size of my two thighs, and she was coming right for me. This was the moment of truth. My first rugby tackle ever! I prepared my stance and went after her as I had been coached. The next thing I knew I was clinging for dear life around her as she dragged me ten yards in the mud all the way to score a try. As their team celebrated, I just lay there, ineffectual in the mud, and thought, ”Well... I tried?”

Amaka Umeh

#00

I so rarely made the teams that I didn't have enough of an athletic career to make such monumental mistakes as would warrant several sleepless nights. I did, however, manage to secure a spot on our ninth-grade basketball team. What my position was, I haven't the slightest idea now, but I do remember that my jersey number was 11. I tried really hard to be a valuable asset to the team, but one time I scored a point on our own basket during an away game. My bad, Mustangs!!! Thanks for giving me a chance!

Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster

Director

Once, at a junior high school track and field meet, I stripped down to my running clothes before my race, and then got cold and put my jacket, tear-away pants, and baseball hat back on, FORGOT ABOUT IT, and went to the starting position. I realized halfway down the track when my hat flew off and STRIPPED MY GEAR OFF MID RUN, leaving it all over the track. I did not win.

Deanna Choi

Sound Designer

I used to figure skate competitively until age eleven, when I broke my wrist. My mother had me choose between skating and playing violin, so I chose the latter. Even though I haven't skated in over a decade, I still get nightmares when I'm stressed, where I have to compete with a skating routine that I don't know, to music I've never heard before. In the dream, I usually have several axels programmed, which I had never successfully landed in competition in real life.

Jareth Li

Set and Lighting Designer

I never quite learned how to swim, despite growing up surrounded by the ocean._x000D_