2017 LAUSANNE CUP
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- December 20-21, 2017
- Meet central
- Live results
Swimming at the Lausanne Cup in Switzerland, Taylor Ruck set fire to Hilary Caldwell‘s Canadian record in the 200 backstroke.
Winning the event handily in Lausanne, the 17-year-old swam her way to a 2:01.66, nine tenths faster than Caldwell’s old mark of 2:02.56 from back in 2013.
Caldwell’s Splits
- First 50: 29.46
- Second 50: 30.97
- Third 50: 31.33
- Fourth 50: 30.80
Ruck’s Splits
- First 50: 28.57
- Second 50: 30.50
- Third 50: 30.98
- Fourth 50: 31.61
Ruck swam it differently from Caldwell, charging out hard and holding on during the back-half, and the strategy paid off for her.
Ruck is still a ways away from world record range, as the fastest time in history belongs to Katinka Hosszu at 1:59.23 from the 2014 World SC Championships.
Just a few days ago, Ruck dropped a 2:06.87 in long course at the English Nationals, coming within a second of Kylie Masse‘s national mark in long course. She also tied the Canadian record in the 200 free at English Nationals a couple of days before that, and dropped a 52.96 100 LC free the same day as her 2:06 200 back.
Ruck is a commit to the Stanford women’s class of 2022 in the NCAA.
Stanford is going to be more stacked than they already are….
Despite Commonwealth Games being seen as a “lesser meet,” and in some ways it is, this will be a very important competition in the lead-up to Tokyo. It may well be Ruck’s debutante senior meet as a contender. In the 100 free, McKeon better watch her back. More than that, Comms and Pan Pacs will be important tests not only for C1, but for Penny Oleksiak! She was hyped up way more than Manuel post-Rio and Manuel delivered the goods above and beyond. Oleksiak hasn’t yet– she was injured earlier in season. Esp at her age, it’s crucial that she is hitting 100 free PB’s. But we will see this summer. . .
Next summer promises to be special as u mentioned ….i can sense that too already – Can’t wait to get to e REAL Big Meet again
Canadian backstroke (and not only) trials will be incredible in next years with, of course, World champion Kylie Masse, Taylor Ruck and 16 year-old great prospect Jade Hannah, among others.
About Ruck: in the last few months, after her move at Hpc, she has obtained LC PBs in 100 and 200 free and 100 and 200 back, and three of four in December!
She is one to watch esp at Comm Games, Canada will challenge the Aussies in the 100m and 4x100m free!
pretty sure Ruck is a product of Scottsdale Aquatic Club (AZ). She has been on the radar since she was 13 and putting down some pretty nice times at a Grand Prix meet.
And moving put her on a different level…
I’m not the smartest guy in the world but isn’t 2:01.66 actually slower than 2:01.56?
AS stated in the comments 2 hours prior to your comment, yes, they are added up wrong and I’m sure the article will be updated in the AM. The proper time is in the comments
Dont be rude
I certainly hope that facts aren’t offensive in this context, I apologize otherwise.
i dont see how you were rude in the slightest
the internet can be such a desolate landscape sometimes. I didn’t feel it was rude either. back to the topic. solid time, solid front end speed (if she works on that back end speed can she threaten for a SCM or LCM WR?). Is it possible for two different canadians to get two different world records in the same stroke in the same olympic cycle…. has that happened for canada ever?
I didn’t take it as rude. I only saw the correction comment after I commented. That’s the problem with comments going oldest to newest.
completely unnecessary to be this blunt
How dare they answer your question in a respectful manner, completely ridiculous
Taylor Ruck’s been on a roll in the last couple weeks.
Is Caldwell’s old time supposed to be 2:02.56?
You are correct, I added up the splits and it should be 2:02.56.