The Yukon Championships marked another record-breaking event for members of the Whitehorse Glacier Bears swim team over the weekend.

Ten records were broken at the invitational meet held Friday and Saturday in the Yukon capital, including two club records and eight meet records.

"My little ducklings always make momma duck very proud,” coach Stephanie Dixon told the Star.

A group of seven swimmers from Haines, Alaska also participated in the meet, which marks the end of the season for the youngest Glacier Bears.

Ten-year-old Thomas Bakica set a new club benchmark in the 200-metre breaststroke for boys age 10-and-under with a time of 3:34.68, and 12-year-old Matthew Blakesley set a new club record in the 50-m fly, finishing in a quick 35.38.

Bakica also broke a meet record for his age group in the 100-m breaststroke, with a time of 1:42.18.

Bakica's older brother Luke, 12, set a new meet record in the 200-m individual medley for boys age 11/12 with a time of 2:49.95.

Meanwhile, sisters Rennes, 10, and Cassis Lindsay, 12, each set two new meet records in the pool.

Rennes set new bests in the girls 10-and-under 50-m breaststroke (44.49) and the 200-m individual medley (2:57.98), while Cassis broke records in the girls 11/12 100-m backstroke (1:12.34) and 200-m individual medley (2:42.39).

Ten-year-old Aidan Harvey also set a new standard in the boys 10-and-under 200-m back (3:08.68) and 13-year-old Adrian Robinson broke the 100-m breast for boys 13/14 (1:18.85).

Alongside the record-breaking swims, three more swimmers qualified for the 2013 Canada Summer Games at the meet, bringing the club's total up to seven.

Assistant swim coach Isabel Parkkari continued her return from shoulder surgery to achieve the standard in the 800-m free and the 100-m breaststroke, while Emily Crist achieved the standard in the 50-m free and Taylor Harvey in the 50-m back.

The Glacier Bears will have a final opportunity to qualify later this month in Nanaimo, B.C.

Dixon said volunteers are owed a "huge thank-you” for their hours of work to put on the championships.

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It was a busy weekend in the Whitehorse Lions Pool, with the Northern Novas Synchronized Swim Club also

presenting its Spring Water Show Saturday evening, complete with six acts.

Little Dippers Cambria Alford, Kaydia Campbell and Aryanna Lavenderos performed the Monsters Inc. theme, while the Big Dippers Taylor Jobin, Kalina Morrison and Indiana Pumphrey performed to Pirates of the Carribean.

The pre-competitive team of Elizabeth Sparling and Teera Walsh swam a routine to Queen, before Samantha Steele swam to Creepy Dolls.

The competitive team duet of Jamie Duke and Katelyn Vowk then completed a performance to Grease, before Olivia Duncan finished the night off with a masters solo swim to a Burlesque theme.

Last month, Duke, Vowk and Steele each competed in Kelowna, B.C. at an interior region meet. Duke placed second in figures, while Vowk placed third and Steele, fourth.

Duke and Vowk finished first in duets, however, while Steele came in second for her solo.

The same trio will compete at the Canadian Prairie Invitational Synchronized Swimming Championships in Regina, Sask. from May 10 to 12.