TYR’s Weir, Thoman, Celebrate Victories in New Tracer Technology

TYR — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:46:23 +0000

Columbia, Mo. –February 14, 2010- TYR athletes Amanda Weir and Nick Thoman were both victorious on Satuday, February 13^th at USA Swimming’s Missouri Grand Prix meet. Wearing TYR’s new Tracer high-performance technological suits, both U.S. national team members bettered their morning performances to enjoy their first wins of the meet.

Weir won the 50m freestyle after winning the event at the 2009 Missouri Grand Prix with a quick 25.64. After the victory, she shared her thoughts on both the performance and her first race in the Tracer C-Series shortjohn.

“I was happy with the win and also happy that my stroke felt nice and long,” Weir said. “The C-Series was great-I loved the new straps that provided added range of motion. Also, the compression panels in the core made my body position feel higher in the water.”

Thoman, also racing in the Tracer C-Series, entered the finals of the 100m backstroke against a talented field that included three U.S. national team members and one Olympian. A leading first fifty (26.54) gave him the needed distance to keep his edge and touch first in 54.40. He was ahead of second by .41.

The final evening of competition at the 2010 Missouri Grand Prix finishes Sunday, February 14^th with Thoman racing in the 200m backstroke, Weir in the women’s 100m freestyle, and TYR’s William Copeland in the finals of the men’s 100m freestyle. Be sure to visit TYR.com for final results.

TYR’s Grevers Wins Double Gold on Night Two at Southern California Grand Prix

TYR — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:20:01 +0000

Long Beach, Calif.-January 17, 2010- TYR-sponsored Matt Grevers took home two gold medals Saturday night on the second day of competition at the 2010 Southern California Grand Prix in Long Beach, Calif. Grevers won gold in both the men’s 100y freestyle and 200y backstroke. TYR’s William Copeland came in a close second in the men’s 100y freestyle.

Grevers started his gold medal performances of the night by lowering his preliminary time of 43.87 in the 100y freestyle to a 43.06, to touch out Copeland by .24 seconds. Second at the fifty with a split of 20.51, it was his back-end speed that solidified the win, splitting .22 faster than Copeland on the final fifty.

“I went out tonight to race,” the 6’8” Grevers shared. “I had some great competition and I followed through on the second half into the finish and it paid off.”

The 2008 Olympic silver medallist backstroker used momentum from his first win of the evening to take another gold in 200y backstroke. Dropping nearly six seconds from the morning swim to finish in 1:40.20, he successfully hit the wall .74 ahead of second.

Continue to check in at TYR.com for updates on TYR-sponsored athletes at the 2010 Southern California Grand Prix as athletes enter day three of competition.

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TYR’s Weir, Thoman, Celebrate Victories in New Tracer Technology

TYR’s Grevers Wins Double Gold on Night Two at Southern California Grand Prix