Canadian swimmer Maggie Mac Neil sets world record at short course worlds
Canada’s Maggie Mac Neil closed out the FINA World Swimming Championships in style on Sunday by setting a world record in the women’s 100-metre butterfly.
Calgary’s Ingrid Wilm, Sydney Pickrem of Halifax, Mac Neil and Kelowna, B.C., native Taylor Ruck also set a national mark with their third-place finish in the women’s 4×100 medley relay.“I’m just kind of trying to improve things as I go along for finals, so I’m really pleased with that,” she said. “To make that my last individual swim of 2022 is so great.”
“It means so much,” she said. “There were so many incredible swims and records broken this week but to end 2022 on such a high note is amazing.”
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