The Whitehorse Glacier Bears have been a team to fear for the past few years at Outside competitions, but with the complete domination of Alexandra Gabor and Bronwyn Pasloski in the 12-and-under division this year, their fellow swimmers must now shake in their swimsuits as soon as the two hit the water.

Combined, Gabor and Pasloski are tops in nearly all the freestyle, breast and individual medley events, which doesn't leave much room for anyone else. Just call them the deadly duo, or if you're head coach Marek Poplawski, the lethal weapons.

The duo was at it again last weekend, when they competed at the Island Invitational swim meet in Victoria. Gabor picked up four first-place finishes and two second-place results on her way to breaking a B.C. provincial record in the 1,500-metre freestyle. Pasloski was first in three of her events, second in one and third in another.

In total, the 13 Glacier Bears broke 23 club records, which brings the total for this season well past 100.

'Most of them did fairly well,' said Poplawski, adding the club is now aiming for 200 Yukon records over the season. 'Alex breaking the B.C. record was probably the highlight.'

Gabor said she was pleased she swam best times in all of her events, but she still feels she can improve her times in the 50-m free, 100-m free and 100-m back. She said she wasn't aware when she was swimming the 1,500-m free which was open to all ages that she was about to break the B.C. record.

'No, because you can't see the clock, so you're basically just concentrating really hard on the race and you don't know until you're finished. Then I knew.'

The B.C. record in the 1,500 free was a new one for Gabor, who also holds provincial and national records for her age in a few other events. Her goal over the rest of the long course season is to break at least one more.

'I'm hoping to make a Canadian records this summer, in anything. Anything at all. Or at least a couple of B.C. records. I'm also hoping to make a senior national time.'

Gabor is hoping to break her provincial record in the 1,500 free as soon as this weekend, when she swims in the Yukon Invitational, which is being held at the Whitehorse Lions Aquatic Centre.

While it's a lofty goal, she's looking to improve her time by seven seconds. And eventually this season, she wants to improve it by 10 seconds so she can make it under the 18 minute mark (right now, her time is 18:09).

If Gabor doesn't accomplish all her goals this season, she'll have a good shot at doing it next year. Since she's still just 11 years old, she has another year in the 12-and-under age category.

Pasloski, on the other hand, will be moving up a division when she turns 13 in May.

The Yukon swimmer said she is excited to compete with the 13 and 14 year olds, calling last weekend's events somewhat 'easy' because all of her toughest competitors have already aged up, and it's just the slower ones left.

'She was like, 20 metres ahead of everybody,' agreed Poplawski. 'And in a 100 metre race, 20 metres is a lot.'

Pasloski said since she used to swim with a lot of the athletes already in the 13-14 category, they're all friends, and she's confident she can do just as well when it comes to championships.

'She's so good already, that she will still be top five in Canada,' Poplawski stated.

Both Pasloski and Gabor already tested their skills against athletes from Alberta, who they don't see too often outside of Westerns and nationals. They attended a camp as part of Team B.C. in Kamloops, and both girls claimed some first- and second-place finishes. Gabor earned enough points to qualify for a swim meet in California later this summer, as part of B.C.'s 12-and-under group.

'It was just eat, swim, sleep consistently,' said Pasloski of the camp. 'And exercise too.'

Gabor said the camp was a good experience for the young swimmers, since it was one of the only times they've been without their parents. The camp was run by the best coaches in Western Canada, with about 32 swimmers from B.C. and the same amount from Alta. taking part.

In the races, B.C. dominated, winning the friendly competition by 200 points taking 25 of 28 individual events.

Next up for Gabor and Pasloski, following the Yukon Invitational, is the AAA championships in July, which will also be attended by numerous other Glacier Bears.

Some of the Bears will go to a meet in May in Vancouver, which is another chance to qualify for the AAA event. But for the top competitive swimmers, May and June will be training months, which Pasloski expects will be tough.

'It's going to get so intense, the training. Marek's going to kill us.'

After AAA's, several of the swimmers will go to club nationals, followed by the Canada Games in August. Right now, five girls and five boys have qualified to represent the Yukon at the Canada Games. The latest was Spencer Edelman, who posted two Games times at the Island Invitational.

Poplawski hopes to bring two more athletes to the Games one girl and one boy with Ariana Edelman close to qualifying in backstroke already. The next boy in line is Tanner Cassidy, who is swimming in the 13-14 age category.

Poplawski said while Cassidy is young, and may not qualify in time, he will recommend to Swim Yukon that the territory send him to the Games anyway. That way, the Yukon can field an athlete in every swimming event.

The Games have just one age category 18-and-under which will make it more difficult for the younger swimmers to place well. But the coach said the increased competition level will be good experience especially for Gabor and Pasloski.

'They have to get beat sometimes,' he laughed. 'You can't win all the time or else you can get too comfortable.'

Gabor will also find tougher competition at the meet in California, where she will face swimmers from the U.S. and a few other countries. The addition of the international meet means a jam-packed summer for Gabor, but Poplawski said while she may be exhausted by the end of the season, the busy schedule will give her good perspective for the future.

'It may be quite a bit of competition, but she's still young. And she qualified, so she deserves to go.'

Here are the full results from the Island Invitational:

Male 15 & Over

Francis Aubin

16th 100-m Breast

23rd 100-m Fly

24th 100-m Free

29th 400-m Free

29th 200-m IM

33rd 200-m Free

Spencer Edelman

19th 50-m Free

20th 100-m Free

21st 100-m Back

24th 200-m Free

31st 400-m Free

Alan Lebedoff

21st 50-m Free

25th 100-m Back

26th 100-m Free

30th 400-m Free

30th 200-m IM

32nd 200-m Free

Geoffrey Thompson

6th 1,500-m Free

14th 100-m Breast

18th 100-m Fly

20th 400-m Free

20th 200-m IM

22nd 100-m Free

Brendan Zrum

17th 200-m Back

18th 50-m Free

23rd 100-m Free

23rd 100-m Back

23rd 400-m Free

30th 200-m Free

Female 15 & Over

Lynsey Pasloski

4th 50-m Free

10th 100-m Free

11th 100-m Fly

13th 200-m IM

14th 200-m Free

16th 400-m Free

Ariana Edelman

8th 200-m Back

13th 100-m Breast

14th 100-m Back

19th 50-m Free

24th 200-m IM

26th 100-m Fly

Erin O'Connor

10th 100-m Breast

12th 50-m Free

19th 200-m Free

20th 100-m Back

20th 400-m Free

21st 100-m Free

23rd 200-m IM

Kayla Yeulett

15th 100-m Back

16th 50-m Free

17th 400-m Free

18th 200-m Free

20th 100-m Free

23rd 100-m Fly

Male 13-14

Tanner Cassidy

4th 200-m Fly

6th 50-m Free

9th 100-m Fly

12th 200-m IM

17th 100-m Free

18th 400-m Free

23rd 200-m Free

Female 13-14

Hayley Bielz

14th 200-m Breast

20th 100-m Breast

29th 200-m Back

35th 100-m Back

36th 400-m Free

36th 50-m Free

38th 100-m Free

43rd 200-m Free

Female 11-12

Alexandra Gabor

1st 1,500-m Free

1st 400-m Free

1st 100-m Free

1st 100-m Fly

2nd 50-m Free

2nd 200-m Free

7th 100-m Back

Bronwyn Pasloski

1st 100-m Breast

1st 200-m Breast

1st 200-m IM

2nd 400-m IM

3rd 50-m Free

4th 200-m Back