Huntington Beach, CA – April 3, 2011 – TYR athlete’s Nick Thoman and Ariana Kukors both swam strong at the 2012 USA Swimming Grand Prix in Indianapolis.  Gearing up for Olympic Trials this summer in Omaha, both athletes were in fine form. In the Men’s 100 Back, Nick Thoman raced to victory in the event with a 53.85, just shy of his eighth-ranked season best of 53.78 from earlier this month.  In the Women’s 200 IM, Ariana Kukors placed second in 2:10.76.  The performance vaulted Kukors’ ranking to sixth in the world.  Thoman was racing in the new TYR AP12 Compression Speed Short and Kukors raced in TYR’s Tracer B-Series. To learn more about TYR’s sponsored athletes, and the products they race and train in, please visit TYR.com. About TYR TYR engineers technical apparel and equipment for swimmers and triathletes. Named for “TYR”, the Norse god of warriors, we’re a company started by athletes and populated by athletes. The cultures and communities of competitive swimming and triathlon pervade our offices. We are dedicated to re-imagining technologies that help athletes attain peak performance. Like athletes, we work with an intense spirit of competition. We aim to create the fastest, most advanced technologies and products. Always.