TYR athlete Fran Crippen won his seventh national title on Friday, June 4th at the 2010 Open Water National Championships held in Long Beach, Calif. Finishing the 10K in 1:57:14.72, Crippen garnered the top qualifying position on USA Swimming’s roster for both the 2010 Open Water World and Pan Pacific Championships. Crippen wore TYR’s new Tracer Technology.

The race remained tight from the 4K mark until the finish, with the first six positions separated by less than a half-second. A 2009 World Championship bronze medalist in the event, Crippen relied on experience and back-end speed to pull ahead at the end and to win.

Crippen will represent the U.S. at the 2010 Open Water World Championships in Roberval, Quebec from July 17th-22nd. After winning the Pan Pacific Championship in 2007, Crippen will aim to regain the 10K title at this year’s Pan Pacific competition in Irvine Calif. on August 22nd.

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Huntington Beach, Calif. – June 6, 2010 – TYR’s Chrissie Wellington celebrated her first victory of the 2010 season at the Ironman 70.3 Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. The 3-time Ironman World Champion entered T2 with a sizeable lead after a blazing 2:21:15 bike leg. She went on to prove her early dominance in the 2010, posting the fastest run split in a 70.3 race this season (1:15:12). Her overall time of 4:07:49 was more than 15 minutes ahead of the next female professional.

TYR’s Andy Potts had a strong performance on the men’s side in Kansas – coming out of the water first in 23:32 wearing the TYR Sayonara Swimskin. He finished second overall in 3:44:31.

Magali Tisseyre outperformed the professional field at Mooseman 70.3 in Newfound Lake, New Hampshire on Sunday, clocking in at 4:30:46. The women’s race was highlighted by Tisseyre’s 2:37:40 bike split that positioned the 29-year-old for victory.

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Photo courtesy of Eric Wynn.

Long Beach, Calif.- January 18, 2010- On the fourth and final night of the 2010 Southern California Grand Prix, TYR’s Matt Grevers raced in the Tracer Light Jammer and took his fifth gold medal of the meet in the 100y backstroke to claim the High-Point award. Aside from the overall meet highlight, it was TYR’s Ariana Kukors who took her first gold of the long weekend in the 200y Individual Medley Monday evening, shattering the previous meet record in the process.

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Entering the 2010 competitive swim season, TYR is thrilled to announce the beginning of a multi-year sponsorship with Atlanta, Ga.-based Swim Atlanta and Head Coach Chris Davis. Currently sponsoring the programs stand out, Olympic Medalist and American Record Holder Amanda Weir, the company looks forward to fostering the largest team in the country as it builds on 33 years of experience.

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On the second to last night of the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Italy Saturday, August 1st, TYR’s Amaury Leveaux earned a bronze medal in the men’s 50m freestyle, while Amanda Weir qualified for the finals of the same event on the women’s side.

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