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.”

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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2018 Speedo Junior Nationals: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Joshua Matheny will look to follow up his 1:01.98 100 breast swim tonight at day 1 finals of the 2018 Speedo Junior Nationals.

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Ian Finnerty Beats Out Reece Whitley in WUGs Swim-Off

Ian Finnerty, the fastest-ever swimmer in the 100 yard breaststroke, won a swim-off for what will probably be a spot on the World University Games team.

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Reece Whitley and Ian Finnerty Will Swim-Off for Possible WUGs Spot

Ian Finnerty (above), the fastest-ever 100 yard breaststroker, will swim-off against Reece Whitley for what could be a determination of who goes to the World University Games and who goes to Pan Ams, depending on Sunday’s finals.

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2018 U.S. Nationals: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

The 100 back includes World Record holder and Olympic champion Ryan Murphy, 100 back Olympic champ Matt Grevers, Worlds 50 backstroker Justin Ress, Olympic backstroker Jacob Pebley, and Harvard standout Dean Farris in his first ever long course nationals final.

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2018 U.S. Nationals: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Regan Smith and Olympic medalist Kathleen Baker will go up against a stacked 100 back field after tying for the 200 back win.

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USA Swimming Summer Nationals Day 3 Photo Vault

Irvine never disappoints when it comes to championship swimming. It’s been a great week so far at the 2018 USA…

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2018 U.S. Nationals: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

After a prelims tie, World Junior Record holder Michael Andrew and American Record holder Caeleb Dressel will battle for the Worlds spot in the 50 fly

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