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Ohio State's three men from Hawaii, Sprinter Dick Cleveland, Distanceman Ford Konno and Backstroker Yoshi Oyakawa, all U.S. Olympians in 1952, did not go to Ohio State by chance. Ohio State's Coach Mike Peppe, who has a sharp eye for talent, started the migration before the war, and last week it paid off handsomely...
...meter grind, and swam the distance in 18:14.4 to break his own N.C.A.A. mark by 1.1seconds. In the second event, the 50-yd. freestyle, Cleveland touched out the opposition in 0:22.3, just two-tenths of a second off the record; in the third event, Oyakawa won the 200-yd. backstroke. With that kind of 1-2-3 start, Ohio State's Hawaiian hands kept right on going. Konno won the 440-yd., setting another record, placed second in the 220-yd. Cleveland also won the 100-yd., Oyakawa the 100-yd. backstroke. In all, Ohio State...
...Ohio State's Yoshi Oyakawa, 18, who won first place in the 100-meter backstroke in 1 min. 5.7 sec., two-tenths of a second faster than the Olympic mark set in 1936 by the U.S.'s Adolph Kiefer...
Michigan's John Davies bettered the world record in the 200-yard breast-stroke and Ohio State's Yoshi Oyakawa tied the American and intercollegiate records with a 2:07.3 time in the 200-yard backstroke...