fullname club birth_place height birth_date article_title strokes name collegeteam
joan christel simms hawaii swim club honolulu , hawaii 5 7 20 september 1990 christel simms
 freestyle christel simms usc trojans
christel simms

christel simms is from ewa beach , hawaii and was a college swimmer who attended the university of southern california .
she represented the republic of the philippines at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing in the sport of swimming for the 100-meter freestyle event .
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 .
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 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 .
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 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 -lrb- not including relays -rrb- 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 member , simms trains 3 times a week at the salt lake recreation center and 3 times a week at the veterans memorial aquatic center in waipio , hawaii .
christel 's full name is joan christel simms but she is known to her peers as `` christel . ''
