Reece Whitley (born January 3, 2000) is an American competitive swimmer specializing in the breaststroke. In 2019, he was named 2019 Pac-12 Men's Swimming Freshman of the Year.[6] At age 15, he won the silver medal in the 100 meter breaststroke at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore,[7] where he also finished 4th in the 200 meter breaststroke.[3]
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| Born | January 3, 2000[3] Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S.[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 8 in (203 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 245 lb (111 kg) (2015)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Penn Charter Aquatic Club[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of California, Berkeley[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Crystal Keelan[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Whitley was named Sports Illustrated Kids' SportsKid of the Year for 2015.[8][9][10]
Personal life
editWhitley swam for 5 season as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley. He graduated from William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia in 2018.[1] He started taking swimming lessons at age 7 after failing a deep-water safety test.[11] He also started playing basketball and baseball at age 7,[10][12] but he stopped playing baseball after he broke his first swimming national age group record in 2012.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Crouse, Karen (May 9, 2016). "At 16, Reece Whitley Stands Tall in and Out of Water". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ "Top Ranked Recruit Reece Whitley Verbals to Cal". swimswam. June 17, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ^ a b "Featured Bio Reece Whitley". USA Swimming. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ "Reece Whitley". Swimswam. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Frank (January 25, 2015). "Already dominant at 15, Penn Charter's 6–foot–8 Reece Whitley is swimming toward a possible Olympic berth". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ "Cal's Reece Whitley is named 2019 Pac-12 Men's Swimming Freshman of the Year". Pac-12 conference. April 4, 2019. Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
- ^ "Anton Chupkov Challenges World Junior Record in 100 Breast Win at 2015 FINA World Junior Championships". Swimming World. August 26, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ McGarr McCue, Elizabeth (November 30, 2015). "SportsKid of the Year 2015: Reece Whitley". Sports Illustrated Kids. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Lutz, Rachel (November 30, 2015). "Swimmer Reece Whitley named Sports Illustrated's Sportskid of the Year 2015". NBC Sports. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ a b Feeney, Nolan (November 30, 2015). "Swimmer Reece Whitley Is Sports Illustrated Kids' 'SportsKid of the Year'". TIME. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Eisenberg, Jeff (July 30, 2015). "Fifteen-year-old swimmer Reece Whitley set to chase an Olympic bid". Yahoo!. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ Hunt, Donald (February 26, 2016). "Reece Whitley hopes to stand out at Olympic swimming trials". ESPN. Retrieved May 10, 2016.