Reece Whitley

Lafayette Hill native and the University of California at Berkely standout swimmer Reece Whitley has been named to the 2022 Academic All-America® Division I men’s at-large second team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Whitley was among 47 decorated student-athletes across the country voted onto...

The PAC-12 conference has named Lafayette Hill’s Reece Whitley has the PAC-12 Men’s Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Whitley is a senior and swims for the University of California (Berkley). The award, which is presented in each of the 24 sports the PAC-12 sponsors, was established to honor collegiate student-athletes that are standouts both academically and in their sports discipline.

The 2022 Pac-12 Men’s Swimming Championships kicked off from Federal Way, Washington with Day 3 prelims. The session consists of the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke. Arizona State’s Leon Marchand took the top seed in the 400 IM to start the session. Stanford’s...

While many swimmers get more tense and feel more pressure heading into the Olympic Trials, Reece Whitley is feeling more relaxed. It isn’t because the Trials aren’t stressful, but Whitley has finally gotten to the point of his year where Trials aren’t just his main focus, but his only focus. It sometimes is easy to forget that college swimmers, while at the top of their sport, are also students with major schoolwork and pressure in the classroom.

Reece doesn't sugarcoat the fact that he's not stoked on how NCAAs went, but he is grateful that he and the bears had the opportunity to race in Greensboro Current photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography. 2021 PRO SWIM SERIES – MISSION VIEJO (#3) April 8-11, 2021. Marguerite Aquatics Center, Mission...