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.”

Reece Whitley Named Sports Illustrated’s Sportskid Of The Year 2015

USA Swimming Junior National Team Member Reece Whitley has been selected as Sports Illustrated’s Sportskid Of The Year for 2015.

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Michael Andrew Put USRPT To Its Biggest Test: Gold Medal Minute presented by SwimOutlet.com

Michael Andrew’s USRPT test? 5 races in one sessions at the 2015 Jr World Championships. Did USRPT work? You decide.

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Reece Whitley Up For SI Kids ‘SportsKid Of The Year’

Reece Whitley is one of five athletes nominated as Sports Illustrated Kids ‘SportsKid of the Year’.

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Avon’s Chandler Bray Commits to Florida Gators

Chandler Bray set to become a Gator in 2016.

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2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Day 6 Finals Live Recap

In the finals of the women’s 200 breast, Turkey’s Viktoria Gunes obliterated the Junior World Record with a 2:19.64, closing in on Rikke Moeller Pedersen’s World Record of 2:19.11.

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Russian Men Break Championship Record in 4×100 Medley Relay

On the strength of Anton Chupkov’s 59.8 breastroke leg, the Russian men were able to win the gold medal and break the championship record in the men’s 400m medley relay

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Start Lists Released for 4×100 Medley Relay at FINA Junior Worlds

Team USA will go with Michael Taylor on the backstroke leg, Reece Whitley on the breaststroke leg, Michael Andrew on the fly leg, and Maxime Rooney anchoring on the free leg.

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2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Day 6 Prelims Live Recap

With a new personal best time, Canada’s Taylor Ruck topped the prelims of the women’s 200 free in 1:59.34. Her previous best was a 1:59.79 from 2015 U.S. Junior Nationals.

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Grieshop Wins Gold, Fa’amausili Strikes Back to Highlight Day 5 at Junior World Championships

Team USA’s Sean Grieshop blasted the final 50 of the men’s 400 I.M. in 27.94, tearing through his best time to win the event in 4:15.67.

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2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

Team USA came out in front of the prelims of the women’s 100 fly with a 58.87 by Cassidy Bayer. That’s a new best for Bayer, who came into the meet with a 59.00 from 2015 U.S. Nationals.

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2015 Junior World Championships: Day 5 Prelims Preview

The Championship Record is on watch in the men’s 100 free. It currently sits at 48.97 done by Caeleb Dressel in 2013. USA’s Maxime Rooney and Australia’s Kyle Chalmers pose a major threat to that.

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2015 FINA Junior Worlds: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Minna Atherton, top seed in the women’s 50m backstroke, will be going for the all-distance sweep in the event, having already won gold in the 100 and 200 backstrokes.

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Aussies Top Total Golds After Day 2 of 2015 World Junior Championships

USA’s Sierra Schmidt claimed gold in the 800m freestyle today, but take a look at the overall medal picture after two days of competition in Singapore.

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2015 FINA Junior Worlds: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

World Junior Recordholder Anton Chupkov of Russia is seeded first in the men’s 100m breaststroke on Day 1 of the 5th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2015 in Singapore.

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Anton Chupkov Breaks Junior World Record in 100 Breast Prelims

In the prelims of the men’s 100 meter breaststroke at the 2015 FINA Junior World Championships, Russia’s Anton Chupkov obliterated the field to take the top seed and set a new Junior World Record

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