Bella Sims After US Nationals: “I really truly love swimming again”

2025 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

After a turbulent spring that included a positive drug test scare and changing colleges, Bella Sims has rediscovered her love for swimming. Sims competed for Florida at the NCAA Championships in March, then returned home to Las Vegas, where she has been training with her club team, the Sandpipers of Nevada. She recently announced a transfer to Michigan.

This seems to have been a welcome change for Sims, as she got herself back on Team USA for this summer after missing the Olympic team in 2024.

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M C
1 day ago

Happy Bella = Fast Bella = Happy SwimSwam readers

Go Bella
1 day ago

Usually what happens when you leave Florida. Nesty is the least personable coach out there. I’m sure Kristen was great coach for her but you need something from a head coach and she wasn’t getting that

OldCoach
1 day ago

I don’t think Florida was the problem, it just wasn’t a good fit

Mark Rauterkus
2 days ago

More Bella on the pod, Unfiltered Waters. Very insightful.

lilac
Reply to  Mark Rauterkus
1 day ago

yess loved that pod but she was saying like way too much

base_case()
2 days ago

Happy for her! But it always confused me why she didn’t take a 2023-24 gap year to prep for the Olympics (right after graduating high school and before starting college) like Katie Ledecky did before Rio. I really believe that she had the potential to qualify individually in the 200 and 400 based on her 2023 Nationals results

jess
Reply to  base_case()
1 day ago

i was truly shocked when she didnt take the gap year, it looked that she was trending that way the whole quad

Mark Rauterkus
2 days ago

Keep plugging. You have lots of fans out here. Smash up the Big 10!

NCSwimFan
2 days ago

Likely one of the few people on earth that can go back to their mega distance program and fall BACK in love with swimming.

In all seriousness, this makes me so happy! Always a fan of Bella’s, just always has a great attitude and is smiling constantly, deserves all her success!

Thomas The Tank Engine
2 days ago

Another day, another shade thrown at Florida

Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
Reply to  Thomas The Tank Engine
1 day ago

At least the Florida Gators still have Emma Weyant and Katie Ledecky on the women’s side.

Awsi Dooger
Reply to  Thomas The Tank Engine
1 day ago

Every self-respecting grain of cement wants to be part of the I-75 lanes leading away from Gainesville

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