The future of U.S. swimming is 6 feet 9, 17 years old — and African American
By Dana O'Neil
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| Whitley was featured on the December 2015 cover of Sports Illustrated Kids. (Heinz Kleutmeier /AP) |
The combination of his competitive potential and his skin color makes Whitley perhaps the most important male swimmer to come along since Phelps, Gaines argues. Whitley has spent his entire high school career at Penn Charter, a prestigious Quaker school in Philadelphia known more for its academic rigor than its swimming success. Crystal Keelan, Whitley’s longtime coach, has built a more than respectable program at the school, but Whitley remains the only swimmer competing at a national — let alone international — level.
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