City of Fort Lauderdale and Dive Team Will Hhost the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix at the Aquatic Complex, May 10 to 13, 2007
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City of Fort Lauderdale and Dive Team Will Host the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix at the Aquatic Complex, May 10 to 13, 2007

Aisha Fraites, Public Information Specialist
954-828-4736 or afraites@fortlauderdale.gov

Fort Lauderdale - The City of Fort Lauderdale will host the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix at the Aquatic Complex May 10-13, 2007.

The event will feature many of the world’s best divers for four days of top-level international competition. The AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix will be held at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Complex (501 Seabreeze Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316). The AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix is the sole U.S. leg on the seven-country FINA (Federation Internationale de Natation) Grand Prix tour.
 
Approximately 20 countries and more than 100 divers are scheduled to compete, among the divers expected are 17 who won medals at the FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Australia, in March. In addition, three U.S. Olympians: 2000 Olympic gold medalist Laura Wilkinson, 2000 and 2004 Olympian Troy Dumais and 2004 Olympian Cassandra Cardinell are scheduled to compete. 
 
Competing as part of Team USA is Jevon Tarantino of the Fort Lauderdale Dive Team -- who just won the U.S. National Championship title in the Men's 3-meter Springboard and Men's 3-meter Synchronized Diving.  In addition, Greg Louganis will attend the event and sign autographs.

For more information about this event, contact Laura Voet at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Complex at 954-828-4580. In addition, AT&T will webcast the finals of the Grand Prix on AT&T’s Blue Room website at www.attblueroom.com/teamusa.