{"id":322724,"date":"2018-08-01T04:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=322724"},"modified":"2018-07-31T16:59:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T23:59:53","slug":"emily-weiss-reece-whitley-crowned-2018-high-school-swimmers-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/emily-weiss-reece-whitley-crowned-2018-high-school-swimmers-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily Weiss, Reece Whitley Crowned 2018 High School Swimmers of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">ON THE AUGUST 2018 COVER OF SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE<\/h2>\n<p>Yorktown High School\u2019s <strong>Emily Weiss<\/strong> has won the 100 yard breaststroke three straight years at the Indiana High School State Championships. As a ninth-grader, she won in 1:02.20. The next year, she broke <strong>Lilly King\u2019s<\/strong> state high school record of 59.63 from 2015 with a 59.37. And this season, she became the fastest prep breaststroker ever with her 58.40 national high school record. It was those 58 seconds of breaststroke that propelled Weiss to this honor: Swimming World\u2019s Female High School Swimmer of the Year. (See feature, page 16, plus related stories on pages 20, 24 and 26.)<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Weiss and her accomplishments, check out the August 2018 issue of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2018\"><em>Swimming World Magazine<\/em>, available now!\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"322718\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/emily-weiss-reece-whitley-crowned-2018-high-school-swimmers-of-the-year\/august-18-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/august-18-cover.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"660,888\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"august-18-cover\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;august-18-cover&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/august-18-cover-660x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/august-18-cover.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-322718\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/august-18-cover.jpg\" alt=\"august-18-cover\" width=\"515\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/august-18-cover.jpg 660w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/august-18-cover-533x717.jpg 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/august-18-cover-149x200.jpg 149w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/august-18-cover-150x202.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/august-18-cover-372x500.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">[PHOTO BY EMILY WEISS]<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Get\u00a0<em>Swimming World Magazine<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Swimming World Biweekly<\/em>\u00a0FREE When You\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product-category\/ishof-membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product-category\/ishof-membership\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1522345712821000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGfwbLD2OaI21g28efcR0DZZlQSOQ\">Become A Member of the International Swimming\u00a0Hall of Fame<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want More?\u00a0<em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product\/2-year-print-and-total-access-download-past-24-issues-of-swimming-world-magazine-automatic-renewal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product\/2-year-print-and-total-access-download-past-24-issues-of-swimming-world-magazine-automatic-renewal\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1522345712821000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGUtYR-CDVRKQExnpkyfZ9KA7lw2g\">Subscribe With This Special 2-Year Offer!<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>New!\u00a01-Year Digital Only Subscription for just $29.95\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product\/swimming-world-vault-digital-only-subscription\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product\/swimming-world-vault-digital-only-subscription\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1522345712821000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFABDX1wfngxBgFclk9e7ThsWDuyA\">Order Now!<\/a><\/i><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product\/swimming-world-magazine-august-2018-issue-pdf-only\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue For Only $4.95<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>FEATURES<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>016 THE WEISS WATCH<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em><strong>by David Rieder<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nEven when she was young, people knew that Emily Weiss had exceptional talent. With her super competitive spirit and commitment to success, her steady improvement has included a gold medal at last year\u2019s World Junior Championships, a national high school record and now the recognition of being named Swimming World\u2019s Female High School Swimmer of the Year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">020 ONE AND ONLY<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>by Annie Grevers<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nThe sport of swimming has never seen a Reece Whitley before\u2014not because of his ethnicity or because of his size, but because of his heart to lead, desire to fulfill his own greatest potential, and mind to reach well beyond his 7-foot wingspan to impact the lives of others through his sport.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">024 TIGHT AT THE TOP<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>by Annie Grevers and David Rieder<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nThe battle for Swimming World\u2019s Female and Male High School Swimmers of the Year was extremely close, with all six of the top swimmers clocking No. 1 times during the 2017-18 season.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">026 TOP HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITS<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Diana Pimer<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nSwimming World takes a look at the swimmers it considers to be the 10 best high school recruits from the Class of 2018 and where they\u2019ll be attending college in the fall.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">032 THE GREATEST&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Bruce Wigo<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nMilton Gray Campbell may not have been the greatest high school swimmer of all time, but he was a swimmer who was among the greatest high school athletes of all time.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>COACHING<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: MATT MANN II<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Michael J. Stott<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">014 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTIMAL MODEL FOR TECHNIQUE: PART 2 \u2014BODY ROTATION<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Rod Havriluk<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nBody size and body shape are both directly affected by body rotation. Consideration of body rotation (axis and magnitude) is vital in developing an optimal model of swimming technique.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">035 DO IT RIGHT, OR DO IT OVER (PART 2)<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Michael J. Stott<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nThis is the second installment in a multi-part series on swimmer motivation and how coaches approach the often-vexing issue of unsatisfactory practice performance. This month\u2019s article examines the larger role of team culture and athlete response in the context of motivation and daily training.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">038 SPECIAL SETS: WALK-ON, WALK-UP SWIM SETS<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Michael J. Stott<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nFor the multitude who harbor college swim\u00adming aspirations but will not receive athletic money, there is still hope.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">041 Q&amp;A WITH COACH KELLY KREMER<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>by Michael J. Stott<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">042 HOW THEY TRAIN CONNER McHUGH<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>TRAINING<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">040 DRYSIDE TRAINING: STROKE AND DISTANCE STRENGTH SERIES\u2014SPRINT FREESTYLE<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>by J.R. Rosania<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>JUNIOR SWIMMER<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">025 GOLDMINDS: YOU PLAY LIKE YOUR PLACE!<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>by Wayne Goldsmith<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nYour swim club culture\u2014how you do the things you do\u2014will determine much of the success you hope to achieve in the sport. It\u2019s important, then, to find a swim club that offers a culture that gives you the environment and opportunity to experience swimming the way you want to experience it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">045 UP &amp; COMERS: KENNEDY NOBLE <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>by Taylor Brien<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>COLUMNS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">013 BEYOND THE YARDS<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">044 HASTY HIGH POINTERS<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">046 GUTTER TALK<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">048 PARTING SHOT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ON THE AUGUST 2018 COVER OF SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE Yorktown High School\u2019s Emily Weiss has won the 100 yard breaststroke three straight years at the Indiana High School State Championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":322720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,8,16],"tags":[69773,52129,41665,42783,36522,54417],"class_list":["post-322724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-high-school","category-swimming-world-magazine","tag-august-2018-issue","tag-emily-weiss","tag-high-school-swimmers-of-the-year","tag-lilly-king","tag-reece-whitley","tag-swimming-world-magazine"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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