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.”

2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Day 1 Prelims Preview

Turkey’s Viktoria Zeynep Gunes could be chasing a sweep of the breaststrokes this week. She’s the second seed in the girls 50 breast on day 1.

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2015 FINA World Jr Champs Preview – Reece Whitley (Video Interview)

As we all know, anything is possible for breastroke phenom Reece Whitley when he dives in the pool.

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Team USA Opens FINA World Junior Championships on Tuesday

The six-day meet runs through Aug. 30 with daily prelims at 10 a.m. (10 p.m. EDT the previous day) and finals at 6 p.m. locally (6 a.m. EDT).

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Fitter and Faster to Produce SEVEN, Two-Day camps across the United States

Each Camp specializes in a specific area of training and competiton including Speed and Power; IM Transitions; Underwater Dolphin Kicking and more.

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2015 U.S. Nationals: SwimSwam’s 5 Favorite Race Videos

In one of the U.S. Nationals races we could watch over and over again, Reece Whitley became the first 15-16 year old in history to break the 2:12 barrier in the men’s 200 meter breaststroke.

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Reece ties Phelps – It hasn’t sunken in yet (Video Interview)

In the consolation final of the men’s 200m breaststroke, Reece Whitley, 15, swam to a new 15-16 national age group record of 2:11.30 en route to a big win

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Michael Andrew Leads US Jr World Championship Team With 5 Events

The championships will be in Singapore and take place from Aug 25th to the 30th. The team is currently scheduled to reassemble on August 20th to travel to Singapore for the Championships.

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2015 U.S. Nationals – Day Five Finals Photo Vault

Jacob Pebley was crowned National Champion in men’s 200m backstroke on Day Five of U.S. National Championships in San Antonio, Texas.

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2015 U.S. Nationals: Watch All Day Five RACE VIDEOS

Watch all the “A” and “B” finals from Day Five, including Michael Phelps’ 200 breast final.

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2015 U.S. Nationals – Day Five Prelims Photo Vault

Laura Sogar posted the top 200m breaststroke time in prelims on the final morning of competition at U.S. Nationals in San Antonio, Texas.

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Reece Whitley Snags NAG, Phelps Equals Time In Championship Final

In the consolation final of the men’s 200m breaststroke, 15-year-old Reece Whitley swam to a new 15-16 national age group record of 2:11.30 en route to a big win. One heat later in the championship final, Olympic legend Michael Phelps swam a 2:11.30 to finish fifth.

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2015 U.S. Nationals: Day 5 Prelims Preview

Coming off a strong performance in the 200 IM on day 4, 2015 NCAA champion Will Licon will look to hunt down a national title on day 5 in the 200 breast

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Michael Andrew Re-Breaks Own 100m Breaststroke NAG Record

16-year old swimmer Michael Andrew has re-broken his own National Age Group Record in the 100m breaststroke yet again this…

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2015 U.S. Nationals: Day 1 Finals Preview

Gunnar Bentz will look to win the national title in the 400 IM tonight after tying for the top seed in prelims going 4:17.45

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2015 US Nationals – Day One Prelims Photo Vault

15-year-old Reece Whitley, pictured above, inched closer to Michael Andrew’s 15-16 national age group record in the men’s 100m breast with a 1:01.34, the 12th-fastest qualifying time overall.

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