In just one event at the 2017 Swim BC AA Championships, swimmer Thomas Gishler busted down a 13-year-old club record, won a silver medal and qualified for the B.C. AAA Championships.

Gishler, 11, finished his difficult 200m butterfly in three minutes, 6.49 seconds, about four seconds back from first and four seconds up from third.

Before the weekend was over, the young Glacier Bear would swim to medals in four different events and break two butterfly club records.

Gishler was not alone in having a breakout performance. Luke Bakica, 16, won a silver medal in the 200m breastroke, breaking his own club record and swimming to a AAA qualifying standard.

But Bakica also wasn’t done. While he’d miss out on a medal by 0.03 seconds in the 100m breastroke, he broke another club record and qualified for the B.C. AAA Championships.

On the meet’s first day in Chilliwack, B.C., Alex Petriw was the lone Glacier Bear to swim long, competing in the 1,500m freestyle. He swam more than 30 seconds faster than his previous best time, which he set earlier this year, finishing13th in 18:20.17.

Glacier Bears swam in 10 finals over the weekend, including short-course performances by Emma Boyd (5th in 50m freestyle) and Aidan Harvey (16th in 100m backstroke).

There are now five swimmers qualified for the B.C. AAA Championships, having achieved their AAA qualifying time standards. They are: Hannah Kingscote, Cassis Lindsay, Rennes Lindsay, Bakica and Gishler.

However, Kingscote will be the only club representative at the B.C. Provincial Champs in Victoria in March.

The older Glacier Bears aren’t the only swimmers competing for the club.

In January, a group of younger athletes travelled to Haines, Alaska for a three-club swim meet with more than 100 athletes.

Thirty-two Glacier Bears competed, and for some, it was their first meet.

The team focused on getting personal bests and showing sportsmanship.