# Christel Simms > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Christel_Simms > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Christel_Simms.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christel_Simms > Source revision: 1329313549 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American Filipino swimmer (born 1990)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Christel Simms | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Joan Christel Simms | nicknames = | nationality = {{USA}} | strokes = [Freestyle](/source/freestyle_swimming) | club = Hawaii Swim Club | collegeteam = [USC Trojans](/source/USC_Trojans) | birth_date ={{birth date and age|1990|09|20}} | birth_place =[Honolulu, Hawaii](/source/Honolulu%2C_Hawaii), U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}} | weight = | medaltemplates = }} '''Christel Simms''' is from [Ewa Beach, Hawaii](/source/Ewa_Beach%2C_Hawaii) and was a college swimmer who attended the University of Southern California. She represented the [Republic of the Philippines](/source/Philippines) at the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics) in Beijing in the sport of swimming for the [100-meter freestyle](/source/Freestyle_swimming) event.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120131/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/christel-simms-1.html Christel Sims] at Sports Reference Simms passed the Olympic qualifying standard for the 100-meter freestyle swimming event at 57.17 seconds on August 8, 2007 at the USA Junior National Swimming Championships at [Indianapolis](/source/Indianapolis%2C_Indiana). So far, Simms has broken 54 individual Hawaii State records since she was 9 years old. Simms became a member of the [USA National Junior Swimming Team](/source/USA_National_Junior_Swimming_Team) in 2007. She recorded a 57.12-second time for the 100-meter freestyle heat and 26.38-second time for the 50-meter freestyle—both passing the USA Olympic trial cut. Simms was the seventh female representative in the entire history of the Republic of the Philippines to compete in the Olympics, since the country first participated in the [Paris 1924 games](/source/1924_Summer_Olympics). Throughout her swimming career, Simms has continued to play a leadership role among Hawaii swimmers. One of her most notable achievements include consecutively placing high among the annual, nationwide USA Swimming “Top 16 Age Group” ranking since the age of 12. A few of her most notable sport highlights include: making the USA National Junior Swimming Team at 16 years old, qualifying for the Olympics, being a 10-time Hawaii State Champion, a 4-time recipient of the Governor [Linda Lingle](/source/Linda_Lingle) Most Outstanding Female Swimmer Award, breaking a Western zone record in the 200-meter freestyle event at 13 years old, and having broken 54 state records (not including relays) to date. A regular week of training for Simms typically includes a comprehensive exercise schedule of both swimming and dry land exercise – three to four hours each day, six days a week – totaling up to 18 to 24 hours a week. As a 6-year [Hawaii Swim Club](/source/Hawaii_Swim_Club) member, Simms trains 3 times a week at the [Salt Lake Recreation Center](/source/Salt_Lake_Recreation_Center) and 3 times a week at the [Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center](/source/Veterans_Memorial_Aquatic_Center) in [Waipio, Hawaii](/source/Waipio%2C_Hawaii). Christel's full name is Joan Christel Simms but she is known to her peers as "Christel." ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120131/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/christel-simms-1.html Christal Simms' Olympics record from sports-reference.com] {{DEFAULTSORT:Simms, Christel}} Category:Living people Category:1991 births Category:American female freestyle swimmers Category:Filipino female swimmers Category:American people of Filipino descent Category:Sportspeople of Filipino descent Category:Filipino people of American descent Category:Olympic swimmers for the Philippines Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:USC Trojans women's swimmers Category:Swimmers from Honolulu Category:Filipino female freestyle swimmers Category:21st-century American sportswomen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Christel Simms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christel_Simms) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christel_Simms?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.