Action packed excitement paired with determination made dreams come true this weekend for TYR divers. After days of intense competition, TYR Indiana Hoosier coach Dr. Jeff Huber qualified his diver as a member of 2008 U.S. Diving Olympic Team. Our TYR coach used his vast expertise to place a female diver on each Olympic Team in 2000, 2004 and now 2008.

TYR divers Nancilea Foster of Texas and Allison Brennan of Huntington Beach, Calif. captured Silver and Bronze in the Olympic Trials. This earned both divers an opportunity to compete for the second spot in the 3m event on the 2008 U.S. Diving Olympic Team to be decided at the final qualifier at the U.S. Olympic Diving Selection Camp in two weeks.

The Top 3 Finishers in the Women’s 3m Diving all wore TYR.

All swimming enthusiasts of the Paris Open were on their feet cheering for French relay team members led by Amaury Leveaux who missed a World Record by just .08. They clocked in at 3:12.54. The French National Team established a new European Record, beating the former of 3:14.04.

Amaury Leveaux darted off the blocks in a time of 48.81. He wore the TYR Tracer Rise when helped his French teammates make history. Amaury touched the wall in a quick time of 22.06 in the 50m Freestyle Finals.

Aurore Mongel won her second Gold medal at the Paris Open in the 200m Butterfly. She stopped the clock at 2:07.63 with more than 2 seconds ahead of the runner up. French Olympian Benjamin Stasiulis captured the Paris Open title in the 200m Backstroke in 2:00.99.

Olympians Amaury, Aurore and fellow teammates debuted the exclusive French Olympic swimsuit TYR Tracer Rise at the Paris Open. Media from around the world gathered for the pre-Olympic unveiling.

TYR along with La Fédération Française de Natation used a Paris pool deck as a fashion runway today and previewed the official 2008 French National Team’s Olympic competition swimsuit. Designed and manufactured by TYR, the technical swimsuit TYR Tracer Rise™ dramatically presents the French national team colors and flag.

“These are the most technically advanced suits ever worn by a French national team. TYR’s combination of high performance technology and bold design means French swimmers will have the fastest swimsuit in the pool,” said former French Swimming Olympian, Franck Horter.

European Record Holder Amaury Leveaux, the second fastest man in swimming history, and his teammates wore the patriotic Tracer Rise for the first time at the Open de Natation Paris swim competition this week.

At today’s Paris Open, Leveaux captured a Silver medal in the 100m Freestyle in a time of 48.85. Teammate Aurore Mongel won the 100m Butterfly. Her best time of the Paris Open stopped the clock at 58.73.

At the recent French Olympic Trials, Leveaux wore Tracer Rise. In back-to-back events he established a historic racing milestone by swimming the 50m Freestyle sprint in under 22 seconds and shortly thereafter won the grueling the middle-distance 200m Freestyle in under 1:47.

“I know I have the best swimsuit. I am really confident when I put on Tracer Rise before my race. No one will mistake French swimmers in the Beijing pool,” said Leveaux.

Tracer Rise is the first polyurethane hybrid design used in competition. Swimmers wearing the suits have set national, European and world records and have demonstrated up to a 4% performance improvement.

As the official sponsor, TYR welcomes athletes more than 21 nations to the Open de Natation Paris at the La Croix Catelan pool, set in front of the Eiffel Tower.

TYR swimmers came out strong for the last major swim races before the U.S. Olympic Trials. The excitement is drawing near with less than 20 days until the biggest American swim meet in the last four years. They recorded fast times and exceptional performances from the weekend.

LIFETIME PERSONAL BESTS

• Elizabeth Tinnon – 100m Breaststroke – 1:08.65
• Elizabeth Tinnon – 50m Breaststroke – 32.22
• Elizabeth Tinnon – 200m Breaststroke – 2:28.06
• Mary DeScenza – 100m Butterfly – 58.54
• Peter Verhoef – 50m Butterfly – 24.54

GRAND PRIX MEET RECORDS

• Charlotte Grand Prix Meet Record – Mary DeScenza – 100 Butterfly – 58.54
• Charlotte Grand Prix Meet Record – Mary DeScenza – 200 Butterfly – 2:08.10

Omaha Grand Prix

GOLD

• Eric Shanteau – 200m Breaststroke – 2:12.18
• Sergiy Fesenko – 1500m Freestyle – 15:22.46

SILVER

• Eric Shanteau – 100m Breaststroke – 1:02.13
• Eric Shanteau – 200m Individual Medley – 2:01.06
• Andrea Hupman – 100m Freestyle – 55.52

BRONZE

• Katie Carroll – 400m Freestyle – 4:13.31
• Sergiy Fesenko – 400m Freestyle – 3:50.28
• Matt Grevers – 100m Backstroke – 55.04

Charlotte Grand Prix

GOLD

• Mary DeScenza – 100 Butterfly – 58.54
• Mary DeScenza – 200 Butterfly – 2:08.10
• Peter Verhoef – 50 Butterfly – 24.54
• Peter Verhoef – 100 Butterfly – 53.55
• Doug Van Wie – 200m Backstroke – 2:00.44

SILVER

• Mary Descenza – 200m Free – 1:59.85
• Emily Kukors – 200m Butterfly – 2:11.49
• Emily Kukors – 200m IM – 2:16.25

BRONZE

• Mary DeScenza – 100m Backstroke – 1:02.25
• Emily Kukors – 100m Freestyle – 55.97

Texas Circuit

GOLD

• Elizabeth Tinnon – 200m Breaststroke – 2:28.06
• Elizabeth Tinnon – 100m Breaststroke – 1:08.65
• Elizabeth Tinnon – 50m Breaststroke – 32.22
• Martina Moravcova – 100m Butterfly – 58.81
• Martina Moravcova – 100m Freestyle – 55.62
• David Cromwell – 100m Backstroke – 55.39
• Tanica Jamison – 200m Freestyle – 2:00.24

SILVER

• Tanica Jamison – 100m Freestyle – 56.67
• Tanica Jamison – 50m Butterfly – 27.35

BRONZE

• Tanica Jamison – 100m Butterfly – 1:00.26
• David Cromwell – 200m Backstroke – 2:01.51

Janet Evans Invitational

GOLD

• Peter Marshall – 200m Backstroke – 2:02.29
• Peter Marshall – 100m Backstroke – 54.62

BRONZE

• Pat Cary – 200m Butterfly – 2:00.10

Mary DeScenza finishes off the 2007-2008 Grand Prix Series as the highest scoring female swimmer and runner up, ahead of all other competitors.

In the 200m Butterfly, Mary set her second Meet Record of the Charlotte Grand Prix. A repeat from her 100m Butterfly record setting swims the day prior; Mary established a new Meet Record in the 200m Butterfly in the preliminaries and lowered it in the finals. She held the Charlotte Grand Prix Meet Record since 2003. This weekend, Mary improved the Meet Record by over 2 seconds, from 2:10.61 to 2:08.10.

At the 2008 Charlotte Grand Prix, Mary garnered 2 Gold medals (100m Butterfly, 200m Butterfly), Silver in the 200m Freestyle (1:59.85) and Bronze in the 100m Backstroke (1:02.25).