 Complete the following phrase:  Cummings joined the Los Angeles Athletic Club LAAC in 1934 and received her first ficial support in 1935, helping her attend that years Far Western Championships. She captured the American national 200-meter breaststroke championship in 1936, which led to her participation in that years Olympic trials and her selection as a member of the United States delegation to the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. She was required, however, to raise her own funds for travel to the Games and spent much of her time leading up to the tournament collecting money rather than training. In the womens 200-meter breaststroke, she placed fourth in her heat in the opening round and was eliminated. Despite this, she remained as national champion in the event through 1939, although she left the LAAC in 1937. She placed second at the 1939 National Championships and retired from active competition shortly after, deciding that the 