Word: konno
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Arbor, a University of Michigan free styler, Jack Wardrop, splashed 220 yds. in world record time (2:03.9), finished ahead of Ohio State's flipper-finned Hawaiian, Ford Konno, the previous record holder, and edged his team to a one-point (47-46) victory...
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...
...Chunky Konno (5 ft. 6 in., 147 Ibs.) started it off by winning his specialty, the 1,500-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...
...Michigan's (and England's) Jack Wardrup not only led Konno home in the 220-yd., but also cut half a second off the world record of 2:05.5 set by Australia's (and Yale's) John Marshall...
...Jorgensen is completely recovered from his cold and cough, he may show well in the 220. Ohio State's Ford Konno will win that event and the 440 since he happens to hold the intercollegiate records in both (2:04.7 and 4:29.4), but at least this will keep Yale's Marty Smith out of the high-point bracket...