Bermuda?s best junior swimmers returned from Canada yesterday having registered a total of 49 personal best swims at the Alberta Provincial Championships in Edmonton.

All 17 swimmers advanced to at least one final at the prestigious meet ? which brought together 800 of the best young swimmers from across North America ? with four people winning medals.

Dalhousie University student Ashley Aitken, 21, won a bronze in the 50 metre butterfly and 14-year-old Nick Thompson claimed two silvers in the 50m and 100m backstroke.

Rebecca Sharpe, 14, took silver in the 200m backstroke, setting a new Bermuda age group record in the process while the only gold came in sensational fashion from 11-year-old Warwick Academy student Ashley Yearwood in the 50m butterfly, who also set another national age group record in doing so.

Ashley Yearwood (11), Morgan Hopkins (12), Rachael Petty (12), Claire Hawley (13), Rebecca Heyliger (13), Nicole Yearwood (14), Kaitlyn Miller (14), Rebecca Sharpe (14), Ashley Aitken (21), Nicholas Patterson (12), Nick Thomson (14), Denzel Wellman (14), Jason Mastalir (15), Julian Fletcher (15), Martin Danielak (17), Trevor Johnstone (19), Darren Woods (20)