Divers completed their first day of competition in the one-meter springboard finals at the 2009 NCAA Diving Championships in College Station, Texas.

Houston University Diving secured the national title on Thursday by winning the six-dive event with a score of 351.15. Indiana University followed in second place to earn 339.80 points while the University of Hawaii rounded out the podium with a score of 331.35. 

The top four finishers in the one-meter competition were in TYR for the national championships. The meet continues tomorrow on the Texas campus with the three-meter springboard event.

Tracer Titan was part of the dramatic American Record-setting 200-yard freestyle relay tonight at the women’s collegiate championships. The new national mark of 1:26.20 will go down as NCAA and U.S. Open benchmarks for the four-member relay team.

The second and third fastest times in history were also established today in the 200-yard individual medley. Both times were achieved in Tracer Titan technology.

The 2009 Women’s NCAA Championship began Thursday and a new NCAA Meet Record was established in the 200-yard IM preliminaries with a time of 1:53.44; just missing the American record of 1:53.11.

She broke the seven-year old mark wearing Tracer Titan technology and improving the record by nearly half of a second. The championships continue this evening at the Student Rec Center Natatorium on the campus of Texas A&M.

USA Triathlon recognized Andy Potts as the 2008 Elite Non-ITU Male Athlete of the Year. He was honored for his notable achievements, winning Ironman 70.3 California, Ironman 70.3 Timberman and Escape from Alcatraz. Potts made his Ironman debut at Ironman World Championship as the top American finisher and led the pro men’s field out of the water with a course-record-breaking swim at the 70.3 Ironman World Championship in Clearwater.

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On March 15th, Andy Potts raced in his first triathlon of the year securing second place at the Miami International Triathlon. In a close race to the finish, 70.3 world champion Potts completed the Olympic distance course in 1:47:24, just two seconds behind the leader. He wore the latest Tracer Triathlon technology for the 1.5Km swim, 40Km bike and 10Km run in Miami.

Next Potts will compete on April 5th at the Ironman 70.3 California in Oceanside.