Reece Whitley

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.^[1]

Reece Whitley

Personal information
National team	United States
Born	(2000-01-03) January 3, 2000 (age 24)[1] Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S.[2]
Height	6 ft 8 in (203 cm)[3]
Weight	245 lb (111 kg) (2015)[4]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Penn Charter Aquatic Club[3]
College team	University of California, Berkeley[5]
Coach	Crystal Keelan[3]
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the  United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Junior Championships 0 5 0 Total 0 5 0 World Junior Championships 2015 Singapore 100 m breaststroke 2015 Singapore 4×100 m medley 2017 Indianapolis 100 m breaststroke 2017 Indianapolis 200 m breaststroke 2017 Indianapolis 4×100 m mixed medley Junior Pan Pacific Championships 2016 Maui 100 m breaststroke Representing the California Golden Bears Event 1st 2nd 3rd NCAA Championships 0 4 2 Total 0 4 2 By race Event 1st 2nd 3rd 100 y breaststroke 0 0 1 200 y breaststroke 0 1 0 4×50 y medley 0 1 1 4×100 y medley 0 2 0 Total 0 4 2 NCAA Championships 2019 Austin 4×50 y medley 2019 Austin 4×100 y medley 2021 Greensboro 200 y breaststroke 2021 Greensboro 4×100 y medley 2021 Greensboro 100 y breaststroke 2021 Greensboro 4×50 y medley

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.^[3] 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.^[3]

References

1. "Featured Bio Reece Whitley". USA Swimming. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
2. "Reece Whitley". Swimswam. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. "Top Ranked Recruit Reece Whitley Verbals to Cal". swimswam. June 17, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. McGarr McCue, Elizabeth (November 30, 2015). "SportsKid of the Year 2015: Reece Whitley". Sports Illustrated Kids. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
9. Lutz, Rachel (November 30, 2015). "Swimmer Reece Whitley named Sports Illustrated's Sportskid of the Year 2015". NBC Sports. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
10. Feeney, Nolan (November 30, 2015). "Swimmer Reece Whitley Is Sports Illustrated Kids' 'SportsKid of the Year'". TIME. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
11. Eisenberg, Jeff (July 30, 2015). "Fifteen-year-old swimmer Reece Whitley set to chase an Olympic bid". Yahoo!. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
12. Hunt, Donald (February 26, 2016). "Reece Whitley hopes to stand out at Olympic swimming trials". ESPN. Retrieved May 10, 2016.

External links

• California Golden Bears bio