{"id":616100,"date":"2025-06-28T11:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T18:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=616100"},"modified":"2025-06-28T11:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T18:06:07","slug":"taylor-ruck-ilya-kharun-pick-up-wins-at-arizona-senior-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/taylor-ruck-ilya-kharun-pick-up-wins-at-arizona-senior-champs\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Ruck, Ilya Kharun Pick up Wins at Arizona Senior Champs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Taylor Ruck, Ilya Kharun Pick up Wins at Arizona Senior Champs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Canadian World Championships <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-canada-announces-28-swimmers-for-worlds-19-for-para-worlds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">qualifiers<\/a> <strong>Taylor Ruck<\/strong> and <strong>Ilya Kharun<\/strong> picked up victories on Friday at the Arizona Senior Long Course Championships at Chandler High School.<\/p>\n<p>Ruck led the way in the 200 free with a time of 2:02.84. She was .02 ahead of <strong>Leila Stafford<\/strong> to get the win.<\/p>\n<p>Kharun won the 200 fly in 1:56.36. That\u2019s nearly three seconds slower than the 1:53.41 that he used to win at Bell Canadian Trials earlier this month. Kharun won bronze in this event at the Paris Olympics last summer. Only one swimmer was within 9.99 seconds of him, that being runner-up <strong>August Vetsch\u2019s<\/strong> 2:01.32.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gomotionapp.com\/team\/assac\/page\/legacy?url=%2FEventShow.jsp%3FreturnPage%3D%252FEventsCurrent.jsp%253Fteam%253Dassac%26id%3D1571989%26team%3Dassac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona Senior Champs Meet Information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Patrick Sammon<\/strong> won the 200 free in 1:48.82, a tune-up for the American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-nationals-roster-announced-for-singapore-world-championships-jillian-cox-in-kieran-smith-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">before he heads to Worlds<\/a> in the 100 free. He had set a best time of 1:46.53 in the 200 free at Nationals. <strong>Jonny Kulow<\/strong> was second in 1:50.07, a tenth up on Sun Devils teammate <strong>Rafael Miroslaw,<\/strong> with Canadian <strong>Filip Senc-Samardzic<\/strong> third in 1:52.57.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paige Downey<\/strong> won the women\u2019s 200 fly in 2:18.43, about 2.5 seconds ahead of <strong>Clare Luken.<\/strong> The women\u2019s 200 breast was claimed by teen <strong>Sasha Volkova<\/strong> in 2:35.50, exactly a half-second up on <strong>Sonia Vaishnani,<\/strong> whose 2:36.00 led four 2:36s. <strong>Teddy Neilson<\/strong> went 2:23.21 to win the 200 breast, .19 seconds up on <strong>Nate Malcolm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The meet race 50s as timed finals in the morning prelims session on the first full day of the four-day meet at the Kerry Croswhite Aquatic Center. <strong>Michael Andrew<\/strong> went 27.60 to win the 50 breaststroke, followed closely by Aruban international <strong>Mikel Schreuders<\/strong> in 27.93. Andrew also won the 50 fly in 23.88, three tenths up on Vetsch with Schreuders third in 24.51. (Kharun did not swim the 50 fly.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adam Chaney<\/strong> won the men\u2019s 50 backstroke in 24.75, blowing away a field of teens. (<strong>Devin Irons<\/strong> was closest in 27.17.) That\u2019s a best time for the Florida grad, who did not vie for a spot at Worlds at U.S. Nationals earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>On the women\u2019s side, <strong>Miriam Sheehan<\/strong> achieved the fly\/back double. She went 29.66 to capture the 50 back. 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