Reece Whitley Explained

Reece Whitley
Strokes:Breaststroke
Club:Penn Charter Aquatic Club[1]
Coach:Crystal Keelan
Collegeteam:University of California, Berkeley[2]
Birth Date:2000 1, mf=yes[3]
Birth Place:Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S.[4]
Height:6feet
Weight:245lb (2015)[5]

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.

Whitley was named Sports Illustrated Kids SportsKid of the Year for 2015.[8] [9] [10]

Personal life

Whitley swam for 5 season as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley. He graduated from William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia in 2018. 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,[12] but he stopped playing baseball after he broke his first swimming national age group record in 2012.

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Notes and References

  1. News: At 16, Reece Whitley Stands Tall in and Out of Water . Karen . Crouse . May 9, 2016 . . New York . May 10, 2016 .
  2. Web site: Top Ranked Recruit Reece Whitley Verbals to Cal. swimswam. 2017-06-17. March 3, 2018.
  3. Web site: Featured Bio Reece Whitley. USA Swimming. May 10, 2016.
  4. Web site: Reece Whitley . Swimswam . May 10, 2016 .
  5. News: Already dominant at 15, Penn Charter's 6–foot–8 Reece Whitley is swimming toward a possible Olympic berth . Frank . Fitzpatrick . January 25, 2015 . . Philadelphia . May 10, 2016 .
  6. Web site: Cal's Reece Whitley is named 2019 Pac-12 Men's Swimming Freshman of the Year . https://web.archive.org/web/20190414173356/https://pac-12.com/videos/cals-reece-whitley-named-2019-pac-12-mens-swimming-freshman-year . dead . April 14, 2019 . April 4, 2019 . . April 14, 2019 .
  7. Web site: Anton Chupkov Challenges World Junior Record in 100 Breast Win at 2015 FINA World Junior Championships . August 26, 2015 . . May 10, 2016 .
  8. Web site: SportsKid of the Year 2015: Reece Whitley . Elizabeth . McGarr McCue . November 30, 2015 . . May 10, 2016 .
  9. Web site: Swimmer Reece Whitley named Sports Illustrated's Sportskid of the Year 2015 . Rachel . Lutz . November 30, 2015 . . May 10, 2016 .
  10. Web site: Swimmer Reece Whitley Is Sports Illustrated Kids' 'SportsKid of the Year' . Nolan . Feeney . November 30, 2015 . . May 10, 2016 .
  11. Web site: Fifteen-year-old swimmer Reece Whitley set to chase an Olympic bid . Jeff . Eisenberg . July 30, 2015 . . May 10, 2016 .
  12. Web site: Reece Whitley hopes to stand out at Olympic swimming trials . Donald . Hunt . February 26, 2016 . . May 10, 2016 .

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