{"id":495040,"date":"2022-01-07T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T17:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=495040"},"modified":"2022-01-07T11:20:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T18:20:59","slug":"swimming-world-january-2022-presents-special-sets-letitia-sim-dynamite-talent-from-tnt-swimming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-january-2022-presents-special-sets-letitia-sim-dynamite-talent-from-tnt-swimming\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World January 2022 Presents – Special Sets – Letitia Sim: Dynamite Talent From TNT Swimming"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Special Sets – Letitia Sim: Dynamite Talent From TNT Swimming<\/span><\/h1>\n

By Michael J. Stott<\/span><\/p>\n

Letitia Sim arrived on the University of Michigan campus in the fall as CollegeSwimming.com\u2019s No. 1-ranked recruit from Alabama and 15th nationally. She has not disappointed, opening up her college season by winning her signature 100-200 breaststroke events with lifetime bests.<\/p>\n

Her final year as an age grouper was one to remember.<\/p>\n

She began by winning the Alabama high school state championships in record time: 100 yard breast (1:00.11) and 200 IM (1:57.72). At the NCSA Spring Invite, she finished just seven points behind Texas commit Campbell Stoll for high-point honors. In Orlando, she won the 100-200 breast (59.18, 2:09.50) and 100 fly (52.77), finished second in the 50 breast (27.64) and 200 IM (1:57.43) and third in the 50 fly (24.02).<\/p>\n

Wave II of Olympic Trials found her making the semis in the 100 meter breast (1:08.81\/11th) and posting a 2:17.30 in the 200 IM (29th of 51) and a 2:33.47 in the 200 breast (31st of 47).<\/p>\n

At the NCSA Summer Championships, she won the 50-100 flys (27.50, 1:00.53) and 100 breast (1:08.59), while notching second in the 200 IM and 200 breast (2:17.27, 2:30.94), fifth in the 50 back (30.01) and sixth in the 400 IM (4:58.78).<\/p>\n

A former gymnast, Sim began year-round swimming in Daphne, Ala. at age 9 with TNT Swimming head coach and founder Jan Mittemeyer. Her early years, age 12 and under, were focused on aerobic conditioning and stroke and skill development. As luck would have it, Sim practiced with a talented group that was \u201cfertile ground for developing her love for competitive swimming,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Barely a teenager, Sim began qualifying for finals at LSC Championships, and at 14, she made her first NCSA Junior Championship cut in the 100 breaststroke. \u201cAt that point, Letitia started to add land training and two morning practice pool sessions per week. She has always been very consistent in terms of attendance and effort, and she made the most of her extra time in the water and in the gym,\u201d says Mittemeyer.<\/p>\n

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