Owen Kao

Irvine NOVA 15-16 Boys Take Huge Chunk Out of 200m Free Relay NAG

Irvine Novaquatics’ Benjamin Blevins-Boor, Hunter Hitchens, Justin Nguyen, and Owen Kao combined for 1:34.63, destroying the national age group record for 15-16 boys in the 200 meter freestyle relay.

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Irvine Novaquatics Takes Down Rose Bowl/Canyons In Star League Champs

Irvine Novaquatics won the Star League Championship this weekend, taking down fellow SoCal club powerhouses Rose Bowl and Canyons.

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AgonSwim Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 7/15/2015

Quite a few swimmers punched their first tickets to Olympic Trials over the weekend of July 10-12, 2015. Some of them are here in our AgonSwim Weekly Wonders. Click through to see who made the list.

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Irvine Novaquatics Breaks 13-14 400 Yard Free Relay National Age Group Record

(L-R) Shawn Lou, Kevin Tu, Owen Kao, and Hunter Hitchens combined on Saturday to break the National Age Group Record in the 400 yard free relay, adding this mark to their existing record in the same event as 11-12’s.

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Irvine NovAquatics’ 13-14 Boys Reclaim Their 800 Free Relay NAG

Irvine NovAquatics boys 13-14 free relay broke their second national age group record of the day with a 7:58.03 in the 800 free relay.

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Irvine NovAquatics’ 13-14 Boys Destroy NAG in 400 Free Relay

The Irvine NovAquatics boys 13-14 400 free relay of Owen Kao, Justin Nguyen, Andrew Koustik, and Hunter Hitchens went 3:37.77 to break the national age group record on July 27.

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Irvine Novaquatics Downs 13-14 National Age Group Relay Record

The team of Owen Kao, Justin Nguyen, Andrew Koustik, and Hunter Hitchens broke the National Age Group record in the 13-14 boys 200 meter freestyle tonight at the LA Invite.

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Irvine Novaquatics Boys 13-14 800 Free Relay Breaks NAG at Southern California’s June Age Group Meet

The Irvine Novaquatics 13-14 boys 800 free relay broke a national age group record by 4.1 seconds at Southern California’s June Age Group Championships. Photo: Dean Hitchens

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SwimSwam’s The Future of Swimming Report for 10/29/2013: Daring Dozen

The weekend of October 26-27, 2013 produced some very fast swims at the age-group and senior level. SwimSwam has chosen…

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