Taylor Ruck Leads Canadian Olympians to Wins on Night 2 of Speedo Canadian Open
Taylor Ruck and fellow Olympians Ingrid Wilm and Mary-Sophie Harvey picked up wins on the second night of the Speed Canadian Swimming Open Friday night.
Ruck went 55.16 to win the women’s 100 freestyle at the at the Edmonton Kinsmen Sports Centre. That time was just ahead of Ella Jansen, who went 55.57, and Syliva Statkevicius, who was third in 55.73. The A final included teen Madison Kryger in fourth, veteran Brooklyn Douthwright in fifth and Wilm in sixth.
Wilm started the session by winning the 50 backstroke in 28.18 seconds. That’s under the A standard for the 2025 World Championships (28.22), though it’s four tenths slower than the meet record she set last year. Lora Komoroczy finished second in 28.90, followed by a pair of 16-year-olds in Kryger and Lucy Wiens.
Harvey followed by dominating the 200 breaststroke in a time of 2:25.14, which is also inside the Singapore Worlds auto qualifying time. She picked up the win by 3.3 seconds, with Alexanne LePage second in 2:28.44. Sophia Angus was third.
The night wrapped with three meet records, including two swimmers in the 50 butterfly events who re-set the mark in morning prelims and again at night. Eric Ginzburg won the men’s race in 24.03, besting Chris Weeks by .37 seconds. In the women’s race, Matea Gigovic went 26.87, the only swimmer to break 27 seconds in either prelims or finals. Paige Korbely was second with Wilm third. Tori Meklensek set the meet mark in the women’s 800 free, winning in 8:53.71. That was nearly a second quicker than Emma O’Croinin’s time from last year. O’Croinin was sixth this time.
On the men’s side, youth was served in the 100 free. Antoine Suave won the event in 49.59. The 19-year-old was followed by 16-year-old Laon Kim, who went 49.98 to threaten Josh Liendo’s age-group record, and Ethan Ekk, 18. Veteran Yuri Kisil was fourth.
Loic Courville Fortin claimed the 50 back in 25.78, .07 ahead of Benjamin Winterborn with Blake Tierney third. Oliver Dawson went 2:14.87 to win the 200 breast. Aiden Kirk added his third win of the meet by going 8:11.54 in the 800 freestyle, holding off a charge by Simon Fonseca on the final 50 by .28 seconds.
