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Swim Search Finalist Jena Sims Talks Fulfilling Her Dreams Alongside Hubby Brooks Koepka

The open casting call contender cheered on her partner during the PGA Championship while attending SI Swimsuit launch week events in New York and Florida.

Cara O’Bleness

Jena Sims.

Jena Sims.

Jena Sims has been enjoying SI Swimsuit launch events in New York and Florida all weekend long. The 34-year-old nonprofit CEO and fashion designer is a top-seven finalist in this year’s Swim Search open casting call. She’s also married to professional golfer Brooks Koepka, who just won the PGA Championship. 

Sims told SI Swimsuit that she proudly would be supporting her husband, 33, from the couch at home, as they each had prior commitments to honor separately for their own careers over the weekend.

“I’m just here at Hard Rock Hollywood, I’m wrapping up the launch week,” Sims told SI Swimsuit. “It was so much fun and literally everyone is asking me, ‘Are you flying to Rochester to watch Brooks dominate the PGA?’ I am not. Our big thing is stick to the plan. This weekend is about the other Brooks in my life, [2023 SI Swimsuit Issue cover model] Brooks Nader, and Brooks Koepka can crush on his own in Rochester.”

A five-time franchise model, Nader landed one of four covers of the 2023 SI Swimsuit Issue after posing for photographer James Macari in the Dominican Republic. 

View Brooks Nader’s full 2023 SI Swimsuit gallery here.

Sims and Koepka currently are expecting their first child. The happy couple announced the exciting news on Instagram on Koepka’s birthday earlier this month. 

“I’ll be at home probably screaming [from] the couch, but it’s really special to be able to be here pursuing my dream while he pursues one of his biggest dreams,” Sims said. “It’s such an honor to be top seven for the Swimfluence [Network].”

Koepka wound up winning the PGA Championship by two strokes over Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland.

Check out two of Sims’s incredible outfits from launch week events in both New York and Florida here.

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Cara O’Bleness

CARA O’BLENESS

Cara is a trending news writer/editor for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit. A passionate writer and editor with more than 10 years of experience in print and online media, she loves storytelling and believes that words have the power to change the world. Prior to joining the team, Cara worked as a writer and editor across a number of content verticals, including food, lifestyle, health and wellness, and small business and entrepreneurship. In her free time, Cara loves reading, spending time with her family and making her way through Michigan’s many microbreweries. She is a graduate of Michigan State University's School of Journalism.