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.”

NISCA Releases 2016-2017 High School All-American List

Reece Whitley has been named a NISCA High School All-American.

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Final Prospective 2017 U.S. WUGs/Jr Worlds Rosters

Despite a controversial DQ in the 400 IM that kept her off the World Champs team, Ella Eastin will lead the World University Games team in the 200 IM and 200 fly.

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2017 U.S. World Trials: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Chase Kalisz will contest his best event tonight, the 400 IM, and look to add his name to the U.S. World Championship roster.

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USA Swimming World Team Trials Day 3 Photo Vault

The world championship team is filling out and there’s a great mix of veteran and new talent.  It’s so exciting…

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2017 U.S. World Trials: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Jacob Pebley will look to qualify for his first LC World Championship team tonight in the men’s 200 back.

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USA Swimming World Team Trials Day 2 Photo Vault

More tickets to Budapest punched and loads of fast swims marked day 2 at the 2017 USA Swimming World Team…

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Dave Durden, California

With U.S. Nationals still to come, the month of June has already been a banner one for Cal men’s coach Dave Durden.

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Four Events Scheduled for Reece Whitley in Indy: Breast and 200 IM

Reece Whitley will contest the 50, 100, and 200 breast in Indy along with the 200 IM.

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2017 U.S. Worlds Trials Previews: The Usual Suspects In Men’s 50 BR

Kevin Cordes is the American record-holder, but he’ll have Olympic bronze medalist Cody Miller on his tail in the 50 breast at U.S. Nationals.

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Top Ranked Recruit Reece Whitley Verbals To Cal

Top ranked recruit Reece Whitley has announced his verbal commitment to Cal for the 2018-19 season.

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2017 U.S. Worlds Trials Previews: Licon Chasing Cordes, Prenot in 200 Breast

If Licon can carry his explosive NCAA momentum into the long course season, we could see him on top of the podium at Nationals this time around.

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2017 U.S. Worlds Trials Previews: Cordes vs. Miller in 100 Breast

The men’s 100 breast field is as stacked as ever, and it looks like it’ll be just as tight a squeeze to make the team this summer as it was at last summer’s Olympic Trials.

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Top 20 NCAA Swimming Recruits In The Boys High School Class of 2018

It’s that time of year again where we at SwimSwam rank out the top 20 high school swimming prospects in the upcoming NCAA recruiting class. This is arguably the best breaststroke class we’ve ever ranked, headed by Junior World Champs silver medalist Reece Whitley.

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2017 April Fools Roundup: Phelps Comeback, Whitley’s Basketball Dreams

April 1st gives folks from all walks of life license to take their best shots at fooling their friends and family. And as with all things, ultra-competitive swimmers always want to prove that they can do it best.

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2017 NCSA Junior Nationals: Day 5 Finals LIVE Recap

Reece Whitley and Margaret Aroesty look to add another title to their slate at the 2017 NCSA Junior Nationals in the 200 IM.

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