Six medals. Nine club records.

Just another day at the pool for 12 Whitehorse Glacier Bears, who competed at the 2011 Edmonton Keyano International swim meet from May 5-8.

"I think it was a very good medal count because this meet is a very well-attended, high-level meet in Alberta,” head coach Marek Poplawski said. "So to get into finals, even, wasn't easy.”

Isabelle Parkkari, Haley Braga, Kirsten Berube, Taylor Campbell, Erin McArthur, Rebecca Leslie, Danielle Smith, Megan Cumming, Joshua Kelly, Sam Storey, Gavin Young and Kevin Salesse represented the club at the meet.

Parkkari nabbed five of the club's six medals while teammate Braga added a bronze to the club's tally.

Parkkari won silver in the 800 free (9:29.13), the 400 IM (5:14.71) and the 200 IM (2:30.56), as well as bronze medals in the 400 free (4:41.53) and the 200 free (2:12.86).

Braga won bronze in the 200 fly with a time of 2:35.14.

Along with the heap of medals, the group combined to break nine WGB club records.

Parkkari broke club records twice in the girls 13-14 400 IM, previously held by former Glacier Bear star Bronwyn Pasloski, who swam for the University of Indiana this season and had nearly 50 club records and two B.C. provincial records to her credit.

Another one of Pasloski's club records fell to Braga, who broke her 200 backstroke. Braga also broke her own record in the 200 fly.

Poplawski said Parkkari and Braga represent the next generation of Glacier Bears to follow in the footsteps of Pasloski and Alexandra Gabor.

"I think they are; it's showing. They're both 14 now still, showing that they have the potential at 16 or 18 to be at their level, so I think that's some indication, for sure,” Poplawski said.

"For the swimmers it's important, because Bronwyn and Alex set very high standards for the club. Both of them had provincial records…so to break records, and now they are swimming better, says a lot, means a lot to them.”

Kelly – who broke four club records in Edmonton – is also coming into his own, Poplawski noted.

"Josh is a very talented swimmer. He's swimming more now. At the beginning of the season he was playing more volleyball, so it's showing that he's putting in some work, and his results are clearly improving dramatically. He's still young; I think his potential is to be a national-level swimmer this year or next year for sure,” Poplawski said.

The Edmonton Keyano meet was a long course – 50 metres – the same length the rest of the Glacier Bears meets will be this summer.

The club will send swimmers to the AA B.C. Provincial Championships in Kelowna at the end of June and to the AAA B.C. Provincial Championships in Victoria at the beginning of July, as well as to the Age Group Nationals in Montreal.