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SAIL records wash away Olympic sting

By David Hearne • CONTRIBUTING WRITER • July 25, 2008

After competing for a berth on the U. S. Olympic Swim Team, it might be difficult to come home and focus on swimming locally.

But for Haley Lips, who swims for Sugar Creek in the Swim Association Invitational League, focusing at the Classics meet Sunday was no problem.

"Once I'm done with one race, I get my mind set into the next race, so it's not hard" to focus, Lips said. "(SAIL) is a lot more fun and not as hard. You don't have to think about it as much."

Lips, who finished 57th in the 100-meter and 88th in the 200-meter butterfly events at the Olympic Trials, set three records at the SAIL Classics.

Competing in the 13- to 14-year-old division, she surpassed her own 2007 records in two events, completing the 50 fly in 29.45 seconds and in the 50 freestyle in 27.69.

Lips also set a Classics record in the 100 free with a time of 58.66, shaving nearly 11/2 seconds off the previous record.

"Breaking my old records was fun, and breaking a new one in the 100 free was good. Overall I felt like I did really well," said Lips. "(Setting records) is pretty fun and hopefully they'll stay up there for a long time."

Another multiple record setter at the Classics was 12-year-old Andrew Delahunty.

Delahunty, who swims for Thornblade, set records in the 11- to 12-year-old division's 100 free and 50 backstroke. He also owns the SAIL record for the 9-10 division 25 back.

Delahunty's 31.51 in the backstroke bested a 15-year-old record, but the 100 free is where he shined. He demolished Robert Borowicz's 2007 record of 1 minute, 2.29 seconds by nearly 2 seconds with his time of 1:00.49.

"We expected him to break the 100 free but not by (the margin) he did," said Andrew's mother, Lesa Delahunty. "And the backstroke was just something extra. It was fun to watch."

Several other area swimmers also set Classics records. Thornblade swimmer Jared Kauffman's 59.42 in the 15-18 100 individual medley surpassed a mark set in 1989 by Henry Faris.

Kauffman's brother, Graham, knocked off another of Faris' records in the 15- 18 50 back with a time of 30.12. And Devenger swimmer Chip Morgan's 52.56 in the 15-18 100 freestyle also gave him the record.