The Whitehorse Glacier Bears are flying out of the gate.

The local swim club broke three club records and contributed to the 21 meet records broken during the Ryan Downing Memorial Swim Meet over the weekend.

But results weren't the only records broken.

Nearly 150 competitors, which included 43 from the Juneau Glacier Swim Club and 10 from the Haines Dolphins, took to the pool at the Canada Games Centre Friday and Saturday.

Glacier Bear Adrian Robinson, 10, broke two club records, in the 100- and 200-metre breaststroke in the boys 10 and under category, while Alexandra Gabor, 17, broke the club record in the 1,500m freestyle in the girls 15-17 category.

This meet marked the fourth time the young Robinson has broken club records since moving to Whitehorse from Botswana more than a year ago.

Gabor is no stranger to crushing club records, having broken more than 300 in the 10 years she's been with the Glacier Bears.

Gabor added to this feat by breaking five meet records in the girls 15 and over category.

She has also been chosen by Swimming Canada to represent the country at the 2010 World Aquatic Championships in Dubai from Dec. 8-20, and recently received news from Swimming Canada that she has been carded at the senior international level for the second straight year.

Haines Dolphin Casey Bradford broke eight meet records in the boys 11-12 category; Robinson broke four meet records in the 10 and under category; Juneau's Mia Ruffin broke two records in the 11-12 category; Glacier Bear Erin McArthur broke one record in the 11-12 category; and teammate Taylor Campbell broke a record in the 13-14 category.

Not a bad start to the season, Glacier Bears head coach Marek Poplawski said.

"It was a very good meet for the start of the season, it was a big improvement from last year for most of the younger kids, and even the older kids, so I'm very happy with the result,” Poplawski said.

"They actually exceed expectations, because I didn't expect such a big improvement so quickly.”

Clearly, training over the past month has paid off.

"It shows how practice is going, the swimmers are getting better, not just by numbers, but also the club is stronger and the swimmers are faster, so it's a good indication of progress,” Poplawski said.

He added that the meet went smoothly because of the officials and help from parents.

"We don't host so many meets, so it was good to see that we could run a meet in the future like provincials or B.C. championships or something like that. It's good to see we have so many parents involved in the club and at the meet,” Poplawski said.