Reese Ellestad
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- Hometown:
- San Diego, CA
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- Year:
- Fr
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- High School:
- Valhalla
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- Events:
- Freestyle, Backstroke
Bio
High School: She attended Valhalla High in a suburb outside of downtown San Diego where she was a three-year varsity swimmer. She served as team captain her senior year and was a finalist in the CIF San Diego Section all three years. During her time on varsity, she was awarded the Most Improved, Most Valuable Player and Coaches Award. She graduated with honors and was in the top 25% of her graduating class.
2015: Reese was a member of the WSC Championship Water Polo Team. She will make big impacts in the pool this season. She will lead our Freestyle and Backstroke events. She has worked hard all year and has helped improve the culture of SBCC Aquatics.
Coach Chuckie Roth: “I am excited to see Reese compete and capitalize on her dedication. She is an amazing person -- in and out of the water. She is a great example of the type of student-athlete we want at SBCC."
Personal: Reese Ellestad was born on February 18, 1997 in San Diego, Calif. She is majoring in communications and minoring in environmental studies. After graduation, she hopes to work for a company and help them become more sustainable in their endeavors. Outside of SBCC swim, she enjoys hiking, listening to music, and hanging out at the beach.
News mentions
SBCC received 18 All-American honors in women’s swimming this year, including all five relays. The top 16 times in each event get All-American status from the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA).
SBCC completed an excellent State Swimming & Diving meet on Saturday with three more school records and a fourth-place finish at East L.A. College.
SBCC took third place in the opening and closing relays on Friday night in the CCCAA Swimming & Diving State Championships at East Los Angeles College. Third place is the highest finish ever by an SBCC relay in the State Finals.
SBCC set a pair of school records on the opening day of the State Swimming & Diving Championships at East L.A. College in Monterey Park.
Eight SBCC swimmers have qualified for the 69th annual CCCAA Swimming and Diving State Championships, which will take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday at East L.A. College.
Addison Seale won her third event in the WSC Women’s Swimming Championships on Saturday, breaking her school record in the 200 breaststroke and leading SBCC to its second straight conference title.
Addison Seale captured the 400 IM for her second individual title on Friday and SBCC extended its lead to 105 points in the WSC Women’s Swimming Championships at Cuesta.
SBCC touched the wall first in all five events on Thursday, setting a trio of school records in the process, on the first day of the WSC Women’s Swimming Championships at Cuesta in San Luis Obispo.
Addison Seale posted two wins and a second on Saturday, leading SBCC to second place in the 16th annual Pasadena Invitational swim meet.
Addison Seale won the 200 IM on Friday and SBCC set two school records on the first day of the 16th annual Pasadena Invitational swim meet.
Reese Ellestad captured the 50 and 100 freestyle on Friday and Addison Seale took the 400 individual medley, leading SBCC to victory in the third WSC women's swim meet at Cuesta in San Luis Obispo.
Kristina Hill, Addison Seale and Alex Humann all recorded double wins on Saturday, leading SBCC to an easy victory in WSC women’s swim meet No. 2, hosted by the Vaqueros at San Marcos High.
Alex Humann had a big day on Friday, taking second in the 100 freestyle, seventh in the 200 butterfly and swimming a leg on the third-place 800 free relay team at the 38th annual Cuesta Invitational women's swim meet.
SBCC won 10 of 11 events on Saturday to capture the first WSC women’s swim meet at the Ventura Aquatic Center.
SBCC’s Addison Seale won the season-opening WSC Pentathlon individual women’s swim title on Friday, recording two firsts and three seconds in the five races at the Ventura Aquatic Center.