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By David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n

Reece Whitley<\/strong> had put up one of the best swims of his young career, securing his second straight silver medal in the men\u2019s 100 breast at the World Junior Championships and nearly breaking the 1:00-barrier in the event for the first time.<\/p>\n

Less than an hour later, he did split under 1:00, leading the Americans to a silver medal in the mixed 400 medley relay. What a night.<\/p>\n

When Whitley had finished second behind Anton Chupkov<\/strong> in the 100 breast at the 2015 edition of the World Junior Champs in Singapore, his time had been 1:01.00. In the two years after that, he improved his lifetime best a mere five hundredths\u2014before dropping all the way down to 1:00.08 in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

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Nicolo Martinenghi — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

That swim would be getting a lot more props if not for the consistent excellence of Italian teenager Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong>, who has taken the World Junior Record in the event all the way down to 59.01 in the semi-finals in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

But Whitley didn\u2019t want to talk about any of that\u2014not at first, anyway. Sitting down to react to the evening session, the 17-year-old from the Philadelphia area first brought up Kieran<\/strong> Smith<\/strong>, who had won a silver medal in the men\u2019s 200 IM and broken 2:00 for the first time in the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know he was really wanting that two-minute barrier,\u201d Whitley said. \u201cAnd then it really starts with the boys\u2019 200 free.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a reminder, the Americans won no medals in that race, but Whitley insisted that Patrick Callan<\/strong> and Trey Freeman<\/strong> each deserved massive credit for going under 1:48 for the first time and finishing fourth and fifth, respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor them to go really fast and to not be on the podium, it\u2019s unfortunate, but going into this week we knew that things would be crazy from the start to the very end, and to have three 1:46s on the podium at a junior-level meet is unheard of,\u201d he said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t be prouder of those boys.\u201d<\/p>\n

Remember, this is the guy who had spent years hyped up as the future of American men’s breaststroke, only to come to Olympic Trials and not make the final in either breaststroke event. Whitley had again fallen short of the top eight at U.S. Nationals in June. Shouldn\u2019t he be over the moon with his time drops, with his return to the medal podium and with his relay split?<\/p>\n

It took a few moments, but eventually, Whitley did get around to discussing\u00a0his own performances, and he detailed one conversation he had before the final with a certain Olympic gold medalist. That swimmer had recently found herself entering a major final as a massive underdog, just like Whitley did for his race against Martinenghi.<\/p>\n

\u201cI talked to Simone<\/strong> Manuel<\/strong>\u2014she\u2019s here helping us out\u2014and I asked to talk to her, just because of what she did in Budapest,\u201d Whitley said, referring to Manuel\u2019s World Championship upset of Sweden’s\u00a0Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> in the women\u2019s 100 free.<\/p>\n

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Sarah Sjostrom (left) and Simone Manuel (right) — Photo Courtesy: SIPA USA<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like the same situation. Sarah did that 51.7 a couple nights before, world record-holder, same situation. Nico is the Junior World Record-holder, has broken it by like eight tenths at this point, and he\u2019s broken it, like, eight times so far. I just asked her how she did what she did, and she told me all the right things. I never counted myself out, which is really important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whitley will have Friday off from racing\u2014he admitted he plans to play some ping pong on his day off\u2014before returning to the pool for his signature 200 breast Saturday.<\/p>\n

After posting the quickest back-half split in the 100-meter final (31.68) and particularly after his 59.46 relay split (\u201cwith a 0.3 reaction time,\u201d he pointed out), there\u2019s plenty of reason to believe Whitley\u2019s two-year-old lifetime best of 2:11.30 could be toast come Saturday.<\/p>\n

But he won\u2019t be thinking too much about that or really any of his swims\u2014not until a few weeks after the meet is over, he said. Whitley\u2019s focus in Indy, without a doubt, has been his role as co-captain for Team USA. It was a role he had spent two years craving after seeing the role the captains played at first World Junior Champs in 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter having Grant Shoults and Maxime Rooney in 2015 be such great role models for our special team that summer, I even wanted it last summer in Maui (at Junior Pan Pacs),\u201d Whitley said.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more thankful to the group of guys for putting me in this position, for putting Michael (Andrew) and me in this position. I really feel like – at this point – I have a lot of experience in terms of ups and downs, and these types of meets. That\u2019s all it is, ups and downs. I just try to help everyone in the best way possible.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On that mixed medley relay, Regan Smith<\/strong> and Whitley gave the Americans a huge advantage with their early legs\u2014Smith\u2019s 58.95 backstroke leg was quicker than her own World Junior Record set earlier in the night\u2014but the two swimmers on the back end faced a daunting task in trying to hold off Canada, which had Penny Oleksiak<\/strong> swimming the fly leg.<\/p>\n

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Grace Ariola — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

Oh, and butterflyer Nick<\/strong> Albiero<\/strong> and freestyler Grace Ariola<\/strong> were each swimming for the third time in the finals session. They each gave valiant efforts, but it was not quite enough. Canada\u2019s male anchor, Rusian<\/strong> Gaziev<\/strong>, overhauled Ariola to win by four tenths a, despite Ariola posting career-best 54.77 split.<\/p>\n

Immediately after the race, Whitley wanted both Albiero and Ariola to know that even if they were not the superstars of the squad, even if they had surrendered the lead, that he had their backs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was telling Grace and Nick that they\u2019re studs and they don\u2019t need to be overlooked by Regan\u2019s split or my split,\u201d he said. \u201cThey really put it out there for us tonight, and I couldn\u2019t ask for more.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the sound of someone fully embracing his veteran role with the American team\u2014and perhaps not thinking too much about his own swimming? He was pumped with his efforts, thrilled to break through his own plateau, but Whitley seemed most pumped up about Kieran Smith, Patrick Callan and Trey Freeman.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a captain, all right. And maybe that obligation\u2014perhaps even distraction\u2014of thinking team-first nonstop has translated into the best two days he\u2019s put together for a long course swim meet in two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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