One day after making Yukon swimming history, Alexandra Gabor was back in the pool at P.E.I.'s CARI Aquatic Centre.

However, this time around, the 16-year-old Whitehorse Glacier Bear's finish made Canada Summer Games history.

It wasn't a personal best time, but Gabor achieved something that no other Yukoner has ever done at the Summer Games: winning a gold medal.

Her time of 4:08.21 just edged out Ontario swimmers Jackie Keire (4:08.31) and Sinead Russell (4:08.47) for first-place finish in the 400-m freestyle.

"I knew it was going to be close, I didn't think it was going to be quite that close," Gabor said about the finish. "I'm glad I sprinted the last 100 (metres) instead of the last 50 (metres)."

On Tuesday, Gabor won the Yukon's first medal in P.E.I., coming in third in the 100-m freestyle. The bronze was also the first medal won by a Yukon swimmer at the Summer Games. So far her two medals are the only ones won by the Yukon at the two-week competition, which concludes Saturday.

On Wednesday, Gabor qualified for the 400-m final after achieving the second fastest time in the preliminaries earlier that day. Her time in the preliminaries was 4:13.84 and was only slower than Keire, who posted 4:13.43.

As good as this mark is, Gabor said it was nearly six seconds slower than her personal best in this distance, which she considers her second strongest swim race.

The three swimmers battled it throughout the final, but a decision to give it everything she had with about 100-m to go made the difference for Gabor.

Peering through fogged up goggles, she wasn't entire sure what the outcome was going to be. All Gabor knew was it was close.

Her reaction was a combination of excitement and relief, but as nice as winning a gold medal was, Gabor said she was hoping to go a little bit faster.

"Under the circumstances it was a good race," she said. "It's always good to race people that are fast, that you know and that compete well. It was a really good race and I'm happy to win Yukon's first gold. That was amazing."

Marek Poplawski, head coach of the Whitehorse Glacier Bears, said Gabor has done well so far at the Games.

"That was fantastic," he said about the 400-m final. "What can I say? She had a tough race because it wasn't an easy win."

Gabor, who competed at both the World Championships and the British Grand Prix earlier in the swim season, said it's nice she has achieved a personal goal to win a gold medal at the Summer Games.

"I wish I was going a bit faster, but it's been a really long summer and I am just happy to be getting medals," she said. "Hopefully for the next couple of days that will keep going and I will get another gold tonight."

Tonight's race is one near and dear to Gabor's heart, the 200-m freestyle. She said this is her favourite distance and that winning gold in tonight's final would be a highlight at the 2009 Games.

"In the 200-m if I win gold and get a best time, maybe a record, that would for sure be on top," Gabor said. "This is my favourite race, it's my best race; it's the one I am looking forward to the most."

If this morning's swim was any indication, Gabor has a good chance of adding to her medal collection in tonight's final. The Yukoner was the only swimmer to break the two minute mark, completing the distance with an impressive time of 1:57.98.

The next fastest preliminary time was achieved by Russell (2:00.05).

On Monday, Gabor led off the Yukon's 4 x 200-m freestyle relay team. The team, along with Yukoners Kirsten Berube, Erin Oliver-Beebe and Molly Purser, placed ninth overall. The group finished ahead of the Northwest Territories and Newfoundland.

"We'll see how she does today," Poplawski said. "Hopefully it will be another medal, what colour we will see."

Other Yukon results today in the 200-m freestyle included Spencer Ryan Deehr Sumanik (2:04.13), Tanner Cassidy (2:03.79) and Kirsten Berube (2:16.02).

Cassidy also had a time of 1:03.02 in the 100-m butterfly and Sumanik finished at 1:01.98.

In the 200-m male backstroke Felix Bouchard finished with a time of 2:30.25 and Jason Zrum (2:30.52). On the female side, Hayley Bielz had a time of 2:42.50 and Kate McArthur finished at 2:36.59.

Swimming in the 100-m breaststroke, Joshua Kelly had a time of 1:14.36 and  Brice Harding finished with a time of 1:11.77. Meanwhile on the girls side Molly Purser had a time of 1:21.36 and Julia Fedoriak finished at 1:26.69.

Taylor Campbell's time in the 100-m butterfly was 1:20.60 and Erin Oliver-Beebe finished at 1:19.49.

"All together the team is doing well," Poplawski said.

Currently Ontario leads all provinces and territories at the Canada Summer Games with 112 medals, while Quebec sits in second with 90. B.C. rounds out the top three, winning 85 medals so far.