On the third day of the Hawaiian age group short course championships, teams can often fall into a little bit of a rut. With the heat a factor all year round on the Big Island, and swimmers getting tired and perhaps even a little bored after two days of constant swimming, times have a habit of dropping as the minds start to wander to the beach, or video games, or whatever else kids like to do these days for fun.
However, Sunday’s times at the Kona Community Aquatic Center were not only fast, they were record-setting fast. Aulea Swim Club’s ‘Aukai Lileikis continued his hot pace with two more state records, making his record on Saturday in the 200-yard freestyle event seem like a warm-up act.