{"id":303692,"date":"2018-04-03T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=303692"},"modified":"2018-04-02T19:16:47","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T02:16:47","slug":"rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruck’s Time: Canadian Teenager Taylor Ruck Blossoming into Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Morning Splash<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n

A look of incredulity spanned the face of Taylor<\/strong> Ruck<\/strong>. She was in Atlanta, at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet that was her final tune-up for the Commonwealth Games, and she had just pulled off two stunning races in quick succession. First was her 200 back, her time of 2:06.36 the fastest time in the world by more than a second, and then came a 1:56.85 and another victory in the 200 free. Both swims were lifetime-best times.<\/p>\n

But what made Ruck\u2019s eyes widen and then her mouth spread into a smile was this stat: In the 200 back, the 17-year-old from Canada had swum almost two seconds quicker than World Champion Emily Seebohm<\/strong> and her teenage countrywoman Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> had earlier that day at Australia\u2019s Commonwealth Games Trials.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally?\u201d Ruck blurted out. \u201cOh my gosh\u2014that\u2019s so exciting! I didn\u2019t even know that before, but hearing that, it\u2019s exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not that Ruck is the swim geek in her inner circle. That would be her coach, Ben<\/strong> Titley<\/strong>, who would wake up before 5 a.m. every day that week to watch video from Australian Trials. In Atlanta, Titley would head to the hotel gym and work out in between races. His aim was not to analyze the competition but rather to scope out how the meet ran at the Optus Aquatic Center, which will also host swimming at the Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re young kids,\u201d Titley said of his three Commonwealth swimmers, Ruck, Rebecca Smith<\/strong> and Kayla<\/strong> Sanchez<\/strong>. \u201cI want to give them an idea of how it will look once we get there. I\u2019m trying to give them stuff so that nothing surprises them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking of surprising, that\u2019s exactly the effect Ruck has created each time she\u2019s raced over the past nine months. But the road to greatness is rarely straight, and Ruck\u2019s fork came just about one year ago, when she failed to qualify for the World Championships.<\/p>\n

===<\/p>\n

What happened at those Canadian Trials last April? Ruck never figured it out. Sure, she speculated\u2014too nervous, too much taper perhaps\u2014but it was startling for anyone to see her fall off the cliff, from key relay swimmer at the Olympics to eighth in the finals of both the 100 and 200 free.<\/p>\n

Ruck and countrywoman Penny<\/strong> Oleksiak<\/strong> had been the first athletes in any sport born in the 21st century to stand on an Olympic podium. Four months later, she followed that up with a silver in the 200 free at the Short Course World Championships. Along with Oleksiak, who won two individual medals in Rio, Ruck had been poised to carry the flag for the rising Canadian women\u2019s team. And now she was an afterthought?<\/p>\n

\"taylor

Photo Courtesy: Vaughn Ridley\/Swimming Canada<\/p><\/div>\n

No way\u2014she was far too talented to just fall off a cliff. So Ruck made changes, big ones. She moved from Scottsdale, Ariz., where she had lived almost all her life, to Toronto to train with Titley\u2019s group at the High Performance Center-Ontario. In August, she won seven medals, six of them gold (including five relays), at the World Junior Championships<\/a> in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

So, yeah, Ruck\u2019s decision to move was certainly the right one for her swimming career.\u00a0Titley called coaching the trio of Ruck, Smith and Sanchez one of the most enjoyable experiences he\u2019s ever had in a coaching career that has spanned decades, and he marvels at how the women can swim high-quality, high-intensity workouts without much recovery.<\/p>\n

But also remember this: Ruck made the call to go to Toronto, to move away from her family one year earlier than she was planning, when she was just 16. She might own Olympic medals and, at 5-11, tower over most of her peers, but at heart, she was just a kid and still is. Being away from home? Not easy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI miss my family and my dog and my friends,\u201d Ruck said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard, but it\u2019s bearable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Living with a host family in Toronto, Ruck has had to learn how to fend for herself\u2014and while it has been challenging, she has successfully adapted.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s used now to living away from home, to being more self-reliant, to knowing what she likes and what she doesn\u2019t like,\u201d Titley said. \u201cYes, it\u2019s happened a year earlier than it has for most kids, but it certainly hasn\u2019t been a negative on her sport. It certainly hasn\u2019t been a negative on her psyche in terms of maturity.\u201d<\/p>\n

===<\/p>\n

Taylor Ruck is not someone who will wow you for her insight into her own swimming ability or deep analysis of the sport. Instead, she\u2019s gracious, polite and cheerful. Except for last spring\u2019s brief hiccup, swimming is not a puzzle for her\u2014she works hard and then swims fast.<\/p>\n

Her return to form has almost been sneaky, after she broke through the World Junior meet and then continued dropping her times in the fall. In December, for instance, she joined Oleksiak as the only Canadian women to break 53 seconds in the 100 free, posting a time of 52.96 at England\u2019s Winter Nationals.<\/p>\n

In addition to her 200 back-200 free double last month in Atlanta, Ruck won the 100 free and 100 back at that meet, each time defeating a woman with far superior credentials. In the 100 back, Ruck beat Olympic finalist Olivia Smoliga<\/strong> by one hundredth, 59.13 to 59.14. In the 100 free, the win came by six hundredths over world record-holder Sarah<\/strong> Sjostrom<\/strong>, 53.37 to 53.43.<\/p>\n

Sjostrom was on the back end of a double that night, but beating the swimmer widely regarded as the best in the world over the past year, that\u2019s a big deal for a swimmer like Ruck.<\/p>\n

\u201cSarah Sjostrom is a fabulous athlete, probably one of the best the world has ever seen,\u201d Titley said. \u201cFor young athletes like Taylor to be able to race someone like that and realize they are in the same league and hopefully, as time progresses, can be extremely competitive in that league, the more opportunities to get to do that the better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"taylor

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

With those season bests from Atlanta, Ruck will begin the meet in Gold Coast ranked in the global top-five in all four of her individual events. She should be considered a medal favorite in all of them and a gold medal possibility in the 200 back\u2014yes, even against Seebohm, the World Champion on two separate occasions.<\/p>\n

Fairly or unfairly, Ruck will be compared over the course of her career to Oleksiak, since the two are almost exactly the same age and made their international debuts together on the two medal-winning relays in Rio. Immediately after that meet, Oleksiak became the national superstar while Ruck\u2019s star began to fade.<\/p>\n

Now, one year later, Ruck is the one flashing stardom, showing medal potential across four individual events. At the front of an exciting young generation of Canadian women stands Ruck, the British Columbia-born, Arizona-bred teenager who, at heart, is very much a kid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Morning Splash\u00a0by David Rieder. A look of incredulity spanned the face of Taylor Ruck. She was in Atlanta, at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet that was her final tune-up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":303696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,17,61052,10],"tags":[58424,34895,25272,67029,41546,51047,26904,67030,53577,50937,32196,25053,32614],"class_list":["post-303692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-commentary","category-morning-splash","category-world","tag-2018-commonwealth-games","tag-ben-titley","tag-david-rieder","tag-high-performance-center","tag-kayla-sanchez","tag-kaylee-mckeown","tag-olivia-smoliga","tag-optus-aquatic-center","tag-penny-oleksiak","tag-rebecca-smith","tag-sarah-sjostrom","tag-swimming-canada","tag-taylor-ruck"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nRuck's Time: Canadian Teenager Taylor Ruck Blossoming into Star<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After a rough spring of 2017, Taylor Ruck has set herself up to be one of the brightest stars of the Commonwealth Games\u2014even at just 17 years old.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ruck's Time: Canadian Teenager Taylor Ruck Blossoming into Star\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After a rough spring of 2017, Taylor Ruck has set herself up to be one of the brightest stars of the Commonwealth Games\u2014even at just 17 years old.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-04-03T12:00:10+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-04-03T02:16:47+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/taylor-ruck-world-jr-morning-splash.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2400\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1800\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@David_Rieder\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af\"},\"headline\":\"Ruck’s Time: Canadian Teenager Taylor Ruck Blossoming into Star\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-03T12:00:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-04-03T02:16:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/\"},\"wordCount\":1195,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/taylor-ruck-world-jr-morning-splash.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2018 Commonwealth Games\",\"Ben Titley\",\"David Rieder\",\"High Performance Center\",\"Kayla Sanchez\",\"Kaylee McKeown\",\"Olivia Smoliga\",\"Optus Aquatic Center\",\"Penny Oleksiak\",\"Rebecca Smith\",\"Sarah Sjostrom\",\"Swimming Canada\",\"Taylor Ruck\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Commentary\",\"Morning Splash By David Rieder\",\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/\",\"name\":\"Ruck's Time: Canadian Teenager Taylor Ruck Blossoming into Star\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/taylor-ruck-world-jr-morning-splash.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-03T12:00:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-04-03T02:16:47+00:00\",\"description\":\"After a rough spring of 2017, Taylor Ruck has set herself up to be one of the brightest stars of the Commonwealth Games\u2014even at just 17 years old.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/taylor-ruck-world-jr-morning-splash.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/taylor-ruck-world-jr-morning-splash.jpg\",\"width\":2400,\"height\":1800,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ruck’s Time: Canadian Teenager Taylor Ruck Blossoming into Star\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af\",\"name\":\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\"},\"description\":\"David Rieder is a staff writer for Swimming World. He has contributed to the magazine and website since 2009, and he has covered the NCAA Championships, U.S. Nationals, Olympic Trials as well as the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and the 2017 World Championships in Budapest. He is a native of Charleston, S.C., and a 2016 graduate of Duke University.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/David_Rieder\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/davidr\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ruck's Time: Canadian Teenager Taylor Ruck Blossoming into Star","description":"After a rough spring of 2017, Taylor Ruck has set herself up to be one of the brightest stars of the Commonwealth Games\u2014even at just 17 years old.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ruck's Time: Canadian Teenager Taylor Ruck Blossoming into Star","og_description":"After a rough spring of 2017, Taylor Ruck has set herself up to be one of the brightest stars of the Commonwealth Games\u2014even at just 17 years old.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2018-04-03T12:00:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-04-03T02:16:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2400,"height":1800,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/taylor-ruck-world-jr-morning-splash.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@David_Rieder","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/"},"author":{"name":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af"},"headline":"Ruck’s Time: Canadian Teenager Taylor Ruck Blossoming into Star","datePublished":"2018-04-03T12:00:10+00:00","dateModified":"2018-04-03T02:16:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/"},"wordCount":1195,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/taylor-ruck-world-jr-morning-splash.jpg","keywords":["2018 Commonwealth Games","Ben Titley","David Rieder","High Performance Center","Kayla Sanchez","Kaylee McKeown","Olivia Smoliga","Optus Aquatic Center","Penny Oleksiak","Rebecca Smith","Sarah Sjostrom","Swimming Canada","Taylor Ruck"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Commentary","Morning Splash By David Rieder","World"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/","name":"Ruck's Time: Canadian Teenager Taylor Ruck Blossoming into Star","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/taylor-ruck-world-jr-morning-splash.jpg","datePublished":"2018-04-03T12:00:10+00:00","dateModified":"2018-04-03T02:16:47+00:00","description":"After a rough spring of 2017, Taylor Ruck has set herself up to be one of the brightest stars of the Commonwealth Games\u2014even at just 17 years old.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/taylor-ruck-world-jr-morning-splash.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/taylor-ruck-world-jr-morning-splash.jpg","width":2400,"height":1800,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rucks-time-canadian-teenager-taylor-ruck-blossoming-into-star\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ruck’s Time: Canadian Teenager Taylor Ruck Blossoming into Star"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af","name":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"David Rieder - Senior Writer"},"description":"David Rieder is a staff writer for Swimming World. He has contributed to the magazine and website since 2009, and he has covered the NCAA Championships, U.S. Nationals, Olympic Trials as well as the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and the 2017 World Championships in Budapest. He is a native of Charleston, S.C., and a 2016 graduate of Duke University.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/David_Rieder"],"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/davidr\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/taylor-ruck-world-jr-morning-splash.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-1h0g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}