Thomas Chretien continued his strong showing in the pool last weekend, setting 15 club records as 10 Whitehorse Glacier Bears travelled to Edmonton for the Edmonton Keyano International 2008 Swim Meet.

This was the first long course competition for some of the younger swimmers.

The fantastic results for the Whitehorse group earned them sixth place in the overall team standings.

Chretien swam seven personal best times in the boys 13-14 age group, making finals in every event.

He completed the meet with one third, one fourth, four fifth and one seventh place finish.

Craig Berube established seven new club records and had eight personal best times in the boys 12 and under age group.

Berube lowered his own mark in the gruelling 400 IM by over 19 seconds.

Felix Bouchard, in his second season with the Bears, has shown remarkable improvement at every meet.

Bouchard had 10 personal best times, swimming in six finals and bettering his time in the 400-m free by over 26 seconds.

Josh Kelly came within 15/100ths of a second of breaking 20 minutes in the 1500-m free, improving on his previous best time by nearly half a minute.

Kelly finished in fourth place in three events, had six personal bests and set two new club records.

Taylor Campbell also had seven personal best times in the girls 12 and under category, including taking 16 seconds off in the 400-m free. Julia Fedoriak, swimming in the girls 13-14 age group, had two personal bests in her first ever long course meet.

Kirsten Berube made two finals and finished sixth in the 100 free in the same age group. Rounding out the group was Geo Bourcier, who had a new best time in the 400-m free.

Veteran swimmers Alexandra Gabor and Bronwyn Pasloski had strong showings at the meet as well.

The girls 15-17 aggregate title went to Pasloski, who came away with gold in the 100 and 200-m breast and the 200 and 400-m individual medley, silver in the 50 and 100-m free and fifth in the 100-m fly.

Gabor made a clean sweep of the freestyle events, winning gold in the 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500-m free.

She broke seven meet records en route to winning the girls 13-14 aggregate title, as well as receiving the FINA high point swimmer of the meet award.

This has been a highlight-filled season for both Gabor and Pasloski, who have been named to represent Canada at the inaugural Tri-Nations Cup competition on August 1-2 in Quebec City.

The invitational tri-meet against Great Britain and France will showcase Canada's 2012 Olympic hopefuls in a two-day back-to-back shootout type meet.

Canadian swimmers aged 22 and under males, as well as 20 females were selected during the CN Swimming Trials in Montreal last April.

As well, Swimming Canada officially announced its team for the 2nd FINA World Youth Championships.

The 24-member team will travel to Monterrey, Mexico to compete against the world's best youth swimmers from July 8-13.

Among those attending will be Whitehorse Glacier Bear Alexandra Gabor, as well as Coach Marek Poplawski.

The FINA Youth Championships provides young swimmers an opportunity to compete in a friendly and inter-cultural environment, sharing their dreams with other young swimmers from around the world and getting to know future World and Olympic Medalists before they reach the top.