DOWNSTREAM: Thomas Eskillsson, a member of Sweden’s...

DOWNSTREAM: Thomas Eskillsson, a member of Sweden’s junior national kayak team who moved to Orange County because snowy weather prevented him from training year-round (C10), isn’t the first foreign athlete to praise the area. . . . UC Irvine track coach Vince O’Boyle notes that the county also has attracted track stars, including Great Britain’s Olympic decathlon champion Daly Thompson and Roger Black, Britain’s 400-meter champ. . . . Peter Orban, another top Swedish kayaker, trains at the Newport Aquatic Center.