Word: oyakawa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quite a debt to the coaches who first began experimenting with the wide influx of ideas now common practice in my sport. The massive yardage and major stroke adjustments I thought peculiar years ago make even my high school kids capable of times once reserved for only the best," Oyakawa said from his Cincinnati home...
...earlier years, Oyakawa contemplated making the transition into college coaching but is now content in his role with secondary stalwarts...
...Oyakawa would prefer to see the same low key approach to recruiting which brought him to Ohio State in fall of 1951. A late starter to age group swimming in Hawaii, the gifted backstroker swam for Hilo Aquatic Club before following a wave of talented aquamen to the mainland...
...advanced skills of Buckeye head coach, Mike Peppe, lured Oyakawa to Columbus along with fellow Hawaian, Ford Konno. Under Peppe's tutelage, Konno also soared to the top, racing to six NCAA titles between...
...still refuse to steer my kids towards any college in particular. I don't believe they should be pressured into making an already difficult decision." Oyakawa says, "I do not approve of the hard sell recruiting pitch and regret that such free enterprise is allowed where young athletes are concerned...