The Orange County boys athlete of the week:
Name: Derek Hitchens
School: Northwood
Sport: Swimming
Year: Senior
Noteworthy: He set Orange County records in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke at the CIF-SS Division 1 championships. Hitchens, who will go to Columbia, won the 100 free in 43.79 seconds and the 100 back in 47.19 to win Division 1 titles in both events. His 100 free time broke the oldest county boys record of 43.85 set by six-time Olympian Derya Buyukuncu of Woodbridge in 1994.
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