Glacier Bears finish ninth out of 20 teams
The Whitehorse Glacier Bears brought home three trophies from the Hyack Festival Invitational Long Course Swim Meet in Vancouver last weekend.
The Whitehorse Glacier Bears brought home three trophies from the Hyack Festival Invitational Long Course Swim Meet in Vancouver last weekend.
Alexandra Gabor captured the high-point sprint as well as the distance freestyle trophies, while Bronwyn Pasloski scored the most points overall in the female 13-14 age group. Pasloski set a meet record in the 50-metre breast while Gabor did the same in the 100-m free.
The fourteen Whitehorse swimmers combined efforts to finish ninth of 20 teams. Other participants included teams from throughout B.C., Calgary, Washington, and Oregon.
In the process, 15 Glacier Bear club records were set, bringing the total number of club records for the 2005/06 season to 125.
Pasloski came first in the 50-m breast, second in the 50-m free, 100- and 200-m breast, and 200-m IM, fourth in the 400-m free, sixth in the 50-, 100- and 200-m back, and eighth in the 50-m fly. Gabor finished first in the 50-, 100-, 200-, 400- and 800-m free, second in the 1,500-m free, third in the 100-m fly and fifth in the 50-m fly.
Kirsten Berube, competing in her first long course meet, made three AAA times in the female 11-12 age group. She finished eighth in the 50-m free and made the B finals in two other events, setting six personal best times.
Kimberly Holmes swam in B finals in three events and Haley Bielz achieved a personal best time in the 50-m back.
Other results at the Hyack included:
Female 13-14
Molly Purser
8th 800 free
Female 15-17
Erin O'Connor
4th 50-m breast
5th 100-m breast
6th 100-m back
7th 50-m fly
Ariana Edelman
6th 50-m back
7th 100-m back
Male 15-17
Brendan Zrum
6th 50-m free
6th 50-m fly
8th 200-m free
Geoffrey Thompson
3rd 800-m free
8th 1500-m free
Tanner Cassidy
2nd 800-m free
Alan Lebedoff
6th 50-m back
Francis Aubin
8th 50-m back
Male 18-and-over
Spencer Edelman
3rd 100-m back
3rd 100-m fly
5th 50-m fly
6th 100-m free
8th 50-m free
Gabor will compete in Baltimore, Maryland early in June, in an elite age group and senior meet. At the end of June, a number of Yukon swimmers will travel to Vancouver for the Lower Mainland Regional AA Championships.
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