Reece Whitley

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Asked for his reaction to that statistic, Whitley replied: “I think as I get older ... I’m going to need to take – play a key role in kind of integrating swimming into inner city communities a lot more.”

Louisville Women Still Hold Ten Top Times After First Week in November

Most, but not all, of Louisville’s twelve nation-leading times were done at the SMU Classic.

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Preston Niayesh Stays In State with Verbal to Cal

Preston Niayesh of the Tule Nation Tritons has verbally committed to Cal’s class of 2023.

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SwimSwam 2018-2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Preseason Picks

Texas senior Townley Haas is our pick to win the 200 free for the fourth-straight time, and earn his third title in the 500 free, as well.

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McLaughlin Drops 48.7 100 Free As Cal Men & Women Sweep Utah

Katie McLaughlin set a new PB in the 50 free and won the 100 free in 48.7 as the Cal women won their first dual of the season against Utah.

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NCAA Season Ramp Up: Which Meets to Pay Attention To This Week

Zach Apple is set to make his IU debut this week as the Hoosiers host Kentucky, Mizzou, and Notre Dame in a quad clash.

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2018-2019 Men’s NCAA Power Rankings: First Edition

Townley Haas and the Texas Longhorns are the returning #1s… right? Our first-place votes are surprisingly split in our preseason NCAA men’s Power Rankings.

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Reece Whitley Drops 1:56 200 Breast as Cal Men Down Pacific

The Cal-Berkeley men kicked off their dual meet season Wednesday morning with some mid-week racing at home.

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Smith, Finke Top USA Swimming’s Third Annual 18 & Under World 100

Regan Smith was one of six Americans to rank #1 in the world in an event among 18 & unders in 2018.

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Andrew Seliskar, Abbey Weitzeil Rule the Pool at Cal Season Kick-Off

Abbey Weitzeil won four out of five individual races today and was crowned the Queen of the Pool.

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College Swimming Previews: Revitalized Seli to Lead #2 Cal

Coming off a big summer, the versatile Andrew Seliskar could contend for NCAA titles in a wide array of events while contributing on any and all Golden Bear relays.

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USA Swimming Recognizes 1,622 Scholastic All-America Selections

USA Swimming recognized a record-breaking 1,622 swimmers who go above and beyond in the pool and the classroom for the…

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College Swimming Previews: LeVant, Roy Bolster #6 Stanford

Stanford returns most of its key NCAA contributors from last year and adds a stellar freshman class led by summer 2018 breakout star Jack LeVant.

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College Swimming Previews: Big Holes To Fill For #9 USC

Alexei Sancov will be relied upon heavily during his freshman campaign with the USC Trojans.

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Ranking the 2018 Men’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #5-8

Cal’s class is very small, but it does feature the #1 swimmer in the class: one Reece Whitley.

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Joshua Matheny Hits 1:01.0 100 Breast, Moves To #3 All-Time For 15-16

15-year-old Joshua Matheny swam the 3rd fastest time in history in the boys 15-16 100 breast on day 1 of the U.S. Junior Nationals in Irvine.

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