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.”

2016 U.S. Winter Jr Champs (East): Whitley Drops 3:48 400 IM in Day 3 Prelims

Reece Whitley cut over 5 seconds off his best time, racing to a 3:48.93 to take top seed for the men’s 400 IM. That time puts Whitley just outside of the top 10 all-time 15-16 boys.

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2016 Winter Jr Champs (East): Whitley Blasts 1:43 200 IM in Day 2 Finals

Despite trailing Nicolas Albiero at the halfway point, Reece Whitley burst into the lead with his 29.53 breaststroke split on the was to a 1:43.93 victory in the 200 IM.

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2016 U.S. Winter Junior Championships East: Day 2 Race Videos

Watch Reece Whitley win the 200 IM, and all the other championship finals, from Day 2 of the U.S. Winter Junior Championships-East in Columbus, Ohio.

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2016 U.S. Winter Jr Champs (East): Kibler Drops 19.6 50 Free in Day 2 Prelims

2016 U.S. WINTER JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS- EAST Wednesday, December 7th – Saturday, December 10th Columbus, OH (Ohio State University) Psych sheets…

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5 Storylines, All the Links You Need for the 2016 US Winter Jrs East

Carmel’s Drew Kibler owns three top seeds in this week’s US Junior National Championships (East).

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All the Day 4 Race Videos from Junior Pan Pacs

Watch Marie-Sophie Harvey and the rest of the winners on the final day of competition at 2016 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Maui.

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2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships Day 2: Finals Recap

In the first event of the evening American Isabel Ivey won her second medal of the competition taking the women’s 100 freestyle in a time of 54.95…

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2016 Jr Pan Pacs Day 2 Prelims: Cartwright Tops 100 FR Heats in 48.91

In the men’s 100 free, Australia’s Jack Cartwright raced to the top seed for finals with the only sub-49 swim of the morning. Cartwright posted a 48.91 to drop over half a second from his seed time.

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2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships: Preview

Australian Minna Atherton will be one of nine World Junior Championship medalists who will be competing at the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships…

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Ethan Dang Breaks’ Reece Whitley’s 13-14 200 Breast Record

Over the past few years, there’s been a line of backstrokers who were chasing down, in succession, and breaking all of the…

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Lasco Moves to #3 All-Time in 13-14 200 Back at Middle Atlantic Champs

At the 2016 Middle Atlantic LC Senior Champs, held at Bucknell University, 14-year-old Destin Lasco moved up to #3 on the 200 back all-time list for the 13-14 age group.

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Grieshop, Taylor, Hoffer Headline 2016 U.S. Jr. Pan Pacs Roster

USA Swimming has announced its roster for the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, headlined by 2015 Junior World Champ and junior world record-holder Sean Grieshop.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials: Day Four Finals Photo Vault

All photos courtesy Tim Binning, theswimpictures.com.  

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Reece Whitley echoes the cry of a new era of young swim stars (Video)

Reece Whitley is a force to be reckoned with, and has the confidence that many young swimmers are displaying in their exceptional performances this week in Omaha

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2016 U.S Olympic Trials: Day Four Prelims Live Recap

After three days of intense competition it’s finally time to see what speed the men’s 100m freestyle has to offer.

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