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Fresh off a record-breaking performance at the B.C. AA Long Course Championships in Victoria, the Whitehorse Glacier Bears were back in the pool this past weekend.

Three swimmers, Haley Braga, Cassis and Rennes Lindsay, traveled to Richmond to compete in the AAA Championships.

Led by coach Kayla Yeulet, the Glacier Bears put forth another impressive performance.

Cassis, at just 11-years-old, was able to capture three medals and set a new club record.

Braga, the oldest of the trio at 15 and the only swimmer still training for Age Group Nationals in two weeks time, was solid at the three-day meet.

Her top performance came in the 200-metre freestyle final where she finished sixth overall.

The youngest swimmer in the pool, nine-year-old Rennes, set a personal best in the 50-m freestyle and a seventh place final in the 200-m while competing amongst the best 11 year old swimmers in B.C.

Cassis was dominant in the pool throughout the meet.

She made it to the final in each of the five events she competed in and won silver in both the 100-m freestyle and the 100-m backstroke.

Her time of one minute and 18.04 seconds in the backstroke was also good enough to set a new club record.

Cassis won bronze in the 200-m backstroke, placed fourth in the 50-m freestyle and eighth in the 200-m individual medley.

Rennes was one of the five swimmers who also competed in the Long Course Championships in June, alongside Celeste Findlay, Taylor Harvey, Matthew Blakesley and Emily Crist.

Rennes was one of the strongest swimmers in that meet, despite swimming against an older field and competing for the first time in the Championships.

After just meeting the qualifying AA time, Rennes went on to capture a silver medal in the 200 fly, finishing the race in 3:13.78 seconds, a club record.

Rennes also set a club record in the 400-m individual medley with a time of 6:40.47, which was 43 seconds better than her previous best in the event.

The other medalist in the meet was Harvey, who was competing in her first AA Championships. Harvey won bronze in the 100-m backstroke with a time of 1:21.32.

Stephanie Dixon, coach with the Glacier Bears, said the meet was the first time any of the swimmers had faced competition of such a high caliber.

The young Glacier Bears did not show any nerves though, swimming their way into four of five finals.

Dixon described the results as "incredible,鈥� considering the Whitehorse team was competing in a pool that's double the size that they are used to and racing against athletes who train year-round in the longest distance.

Setting another club record in that meet was Findlay, whose time of 3:35.79 in the 200-m breaststroke enshrined her in the Glacier Bears record books.

Findlay also placed sixth overall in the 100-m freestyle final.

Crist swam through a shoulder injury and her perseverance notched her a personal best in the 100-m freestyle with a time of 1:13.32.

Blakesley was conisistently strong throughout the meet, reaching the finals in three of six events.

He returned to Whitehorse with a seventh place finish in the 200-m freestyle and a 19th place finish in the 100-m freestyle.