Ruck joins McIntosh as only Canadians to win 3 titles in 3 different strokes at a national trials
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Taylor Ruck joined elite company on Day 3 of Canadian national swimming trials in Montreal on Tuesday.
The 26-year-old Kelowna native won the women’s 100-metre butterfly with a time of 58.15 seconds, joining Summer McIntosh as the only swimmers to capture three titles in three different strokes at a single Canadian national trials.
“That’s definitely the first time I’m hearing this information, so that’s pretty cool,” Ruck told CBC Sports’s Devin Heroux after the race.
Ruck’s latest victory follows her wins in the 100m backstroke and freestyle earlier in this week’s competition.
HAT TRICK FOR TAYLOR RUCK
Taylor Ruck wins the 100m butterfly in a time of 58.15. That’s now wins in the 100m backstroke, freestyle and fly.
She becomes just the second Canadian ever to win three titles in three different strokes at nationals — the other being Summer McIntosh. pic.twitter.com/S7NnTTkXPd
“It’s Day 3, I have an event each day, and thank God they’re just sprint events, so I really just have to focus on two laps and one lap,” Ruck said.
“For each different race it’s like a whole new world, so I feel like I’m having a lot of fun at this point, figuring it out and honing it.”
Rounding out the podium was Leilani Fack (58.60) and Matea Gigovic (59.01)
