Taylor Ruck, Kyle Masse add to medal haul in Commonwealth Games pool
GOLD COAST, Australia — Canadian Kylie Masse won her second gold in as many nights and teenager Taylor Ruck added a silver Sunday to up her total to six in the Commonwealth Games pool.
Masse, who won the 100-metre backstroke on Saturday, set a games record Sunday in taking the 200 backstroke in two minutes 5.98 seconds. Ruck was second in 2:06.42 with Australian star Emily Seebohm third in 2:06.82.
Hilary Caldwell of White Rock, B.C., was fifth in 2:09.22.
Canada won three more medals Sunday, with Sarah Darcel of Grande Cache, Alta., and Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson of Ottawa collecting silver and bronze, respectively, in the 200 individual medley won by England’s Siobhan Marie O’Connor.