TORONTO — Kierra Smith earned some redemption Thursday night at the Canadian swimming trials.The native of Kelowna, B.C., won the women’s 100-metre breaststroke in a personal-best time …
The native of Kelowna, B.C., won the women’s 100-metre breaststroke in a personal-best time of one minute 6.54 seconds at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. That qualified Smith for the Canadian team that will compete at the world championships later this summer in Gwangju, South Korea.
The women’s 100-metre freestyle was the marquee event of the night with both Taylor Ruck of Kelowna, B.C., and Toronto’s Penny Oleksiak in the eight-swimmer final. Oleksiak won four medals at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio while Ruck captured a record eight medals at last year’s Pan Am Games in Australia.
Markus Thormeyer earned his second victory in as many days. The Vancouver swimmer captured the men’s 100-metre freestyle race in 48.76 seconds. Sydney Pickrem captured the women’s 400-metre individual medley. She also finished first Wednesday night in the women’s 200-metre breaststroke.
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