Riding a wave of momentum from a warm-weather training camp in Arizona, Aidan Harvey cruised to victory in all three of his events at the Glacier Bears Swim Club time trial Saturday morning.

The 14-year-old, who had a memorable week of training in the U.S., topped off that training block by posting seven personal best times in Medicine Hat at a long-course swim meet.

Back in his home 25-metre pool, the youngster added a new personal best time in the 50 backstroke, clocking a time of 31.73.

He also posted top times in the 100 back (1:07.69) and 200 back (2:28.79).

More than 60 Glacier Bears competed in the mid-season event, which is the penultimate time they’ll get to race in their home pool this season.

They offered 15 events: 50 fly, back, breast, free; 100 fly, back, breast, free, medley; 200 fly back, breast, free, medley and 400 free. Each athlete was able to swim three events.

It’s a good opportunity to see how the younger swimmers in the club are progressing, said head coach Malwina Bukszowana.

“The younger swimmers did well,” she said. “It’s good to see [them] improving.”

Bukszowana said that while the older swimmers still looked tired from their training camp over spring break, their technique had gotten better. This meet was an opportunity for them to focus on little details like starts, underwater kicks, breakouts and turns.

For 14-year-old Cassidy Cairns, her start made all the difference.

She qualified for the B.C. AA swim meet, by posting a qualifying time in her 50 free.

The last three meets she has swam the event, she has had false starts, said Bukszowana.

“She really wanted it,” she said.

Saturday morning, Cairns started after the buzzer and finished in 28.87, good enough for second overall.

For the younger competitors, it was all about improvement and gaining more race experience.

The next local race for the Glacier Bears will be the Yukon Championship, May 5 and 6 at the Canada Games Centre.