At the 2008 French Swimming Cup, Aurore Mongel shattered the French National Record in the 200m Butterfly wearing Tracer Light. Aurore swam a fast time of 2:08:13, placing her the Third Fastest in the World in 2008. Our long time TYR athlete performed at record pace in Tracer Light Aeroback Full Body.

Aurore also captured the French National Title in the 100m Butterfly. The 2004 Olympian was a finalist at the 2007 World Championship in the 200m Butterfly.

French teammate Benjamin Stasilous won the 100m Backstroke wearing Tracer Light Tight. His time stopped the clock at 55:86.

Our athletes had tremendous performances at the 2008 Missouri Grand Prix wearing our new Tracer Light and Tracer Rise Olympic swimsuit technology.

We congratulate all our swimmers. TYR remains dedicated to leading the market with the most advanced technology.

Overall Performance by TYR athletes in Tracer Light & Tracer Rise Swimsuit:

• 12 Medals: 2 Gold, 4 Silver, 6 Bronze
• 81% of the Final Races with TYR Athletes in Tracer Technology
• 6 Missouri Grand Prix Meet Records & Pool Records
• Grand Prix Series High Point Award Leader
• Fastest American in the 100m Freestyle for 2008
• Half the Field Wore Tracer Technology in the 200m Backstroke Finals
• Half the Field Wore Tracer Technology in 400m Freestyle Finals
• Half the Field Wore Tracer Technology in 1500m Freestyle Finals

Gold Medal Performances:

• Mary DeScenza – 200m Butterfly
• Eric Shanteau – 200m Breaststroke

Silver Medal Performances:

• Mary DeScenza – 100m Butterfly
• David Cromwell – 200m Backstroke
• Scott Usher – 200m Breaststroke
• Matt Grevers – 100m Freestyle

Bronze Medal Performances:

• Mary DeScenza – 200m Backstroke
• Mary DeScenza – 100m Backstroke
• Matt Grevers – 200m Backstroke
• David Cromwell – 100m Backstroke
• Scott Usher – 100m Breaststroke
• Katie Carroll – 800m Freestyle

At the 2008 Missouri Grand Prix, Mary DeScenza and Eric Shanteau garnered top podium finishes as other elite TYR athletes abolished the record books.

Mary DeScenza won the 200m Butterfly in 2:09.01. Her success continued with a Silver in the 100m Butterfly (59.08). The versatile performer swept two Bronze medals in the 200m Backstroke and 100m Backstroke in the new Tracer Rise technology. Mary’s outstanding 200m Backstroke swim set a Missouri Pool Record and Missouri Grand Prix Meet Record in 2:12.40.

In the 200m Breaststroke, Eric Shanteau held nothing back as he captured Gold. He set the Missouri Pool Record and Missouri Grand Prix Meet Record in a time of 2:10.86. Eric improved his prelims time by four seconds for the win. TYR teammate Scott Usher took the Second podium spot with a strong swim by stopping the clock at 2:11.80. The Olympian also grabbed a Bronze medal in the 100m Breaststroke with a quick wall touch at 1:01.46.

Matt Grevers continued swimming at the top of his game after winning the High Point Award at Long Beach Grand Prix. Matt performed his Lifetime Personal Best Time in the 50m Freestyle of 22.28. He sprinted to Silver in the 100m Freestyle in 49.61 as the Top American Finisher. Matt also set the Missouri Pool Record and Missouri Grand Prix Meet Record in the event.

Half of the finalists in the Men’s 200m Backstroke wore the TYR Tracer technology. Former Harvard swimmer David Cromwell won a Silver in the event in 1:59.01. Matt Grevers and Peter Marshall raced in third (2:00.16) and fourth place (2:03.45), respectively. At 2:04.13, Doug Van Wie swam strong for the final spot.

Our athletes had terrific performances across the board. Fran Crippen set his Lifetime Personal time in the 200m Freestyle. Leila Vaziri captured a fourth place in the 100m Backstroke. David Cromwell and Peter Marshall swam fast for a third (54.40) and fourth place (55.28) in the 100m Backstroke. With a time of 4:22.14, Robert Margalis finished with a fourth place in the 200m IM.

Athletes swam with great success in our Tracer Rise and Tracer Light elite swimsuit technology at the Missouri Grand Prix event. Tracer Rise features compression panels designed to enhance body position and stroke efficiency for maximum athletic performance. Tracer Light offers a lightweight, hydrophobic fabric with advanced compression technology.

Congratulations to all our TYR athletes, teams and coaches in Missouri!

Cassidy Krug has been named as one of seven U.S. females set to compete at the 2008 FINA Diving World Cup in Beijing. The 2007 US National Champion and NCAA Diver of the Year will represent the United States in the 3meter Springboard event.

The FINA Diving World Cup also serves as an Olympic qualifying event to obtain entries for each country into the diving event at 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

The 2008 FINA Diving World Cup takes place February 19-25 in the “Water Cube”, the site of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.