Named to 2012-13 USA Swimming Junior National Team ... set a YMCA national record in the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 4:17.56 ... posted a time of 1:01.41 in the 100-meter butterfly at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials (66th) ... also finished 87th in the 400-meter individual medley (4:59.18) ... touched the wall 45th in the 400-meter freestyle (4:18.17) ... 35th in the 200-meter freestyle (2:01.63) and 41st in the 200-meter butterfly (2:15.07) ... high school state champion in the 200 free and 500 free in 2011 ... won state titles in the 100 fly and 500 free in 2010 ... state champion in the 100 fly in 2009 ... a six-time all-region honoree ... five-time all-state selection ... three-time MVP ... two-time Scholastic All-American ... holds numerous South Carolina age-group records for both short course and long course, including 17-18 age-group records in the 200-meter free, 400-meter free, 100-meter fly and 200-meter fly ... YMCA short course national record holder in the 100 butterfly ... has traveled to German, Sweden, Spain, Canada and Peru as a member of the USA Junior National Team ... earned an Olympic Trials cut at age 13 in the 100 fly and at age 14 in the 200 fly for the 2008 trials ... has 2012 Olympic Trials cuts in the 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 free, 400 free and 400 individual medley ... parents are Tim and Cathy Lips ... born Feb. 10, 1994.