Eugene Tee Represents Australia at Youth Commonwealth Games

*Eugene Tee (left) celebrates a Silver medal for Australia in the Men's 400 IM at the Commonwealth Youth Games on the Isle of Man.  Gold medalist Matthew Johnson (center) of England and Bronze medalist Martin Vogel (right) of South Africa are also featured.

TSM's Eugene Tee Snags Three Medals at Commonwealth Youth Games

Eugene Tee earned the honor of representing Australia at the 2011

Commonwealth Youth Games on the Isle of Man, where he collected three

medals (2 Silver, 1 Bronze) in three days.

On day one, Eugene carved more than 6 seconds off of his previous best time in

the 400scm IM with an exciting come-from-behind effort to finish at the hip of the

winner, British record holder Matthew Johnson.  The time of 4:15.84 (-6.02) all

but guarantees Mr. Tee a spot in the WORLD's 2011 top 50.  Eugene also took

7th place in the 200 Back that same day, completing a difficult double.

Day two saw Eugene qualify 2nd in the 200 Breast, with a personal best time of

2:20.56 (-1.98).  However, he would go on to scratch the Breaststroke event to

focus his effort and energy on the grueling 1500 Free.  The strategy appeared to

pay off when Eugene claimed Bronze in the 1500 with a time of 15:21.90 (-2.18).

On the third and final day of competition, Eugene wore his second Silver medal

of the weekend, after a solid performance of 2:01.92 (-2.11) in the 200 IM.  He

also placed 8th in the 400 Free, cracking the 4 minute barrier to go 3:59.18p.

Finally, Eugene contributed to the Australians' 5th place finish in the 800 Free

Relay, completing the third leg in a swift 1:54.27.  The Australian team of Te

Haumi Maxwell, Robert Gerlach, Tee and Jarrod Poort combined to cover the

distance in 7:33.50.

Overall, it was an outstanding race weekend for Eugene and an international

experience he will not soon forget.  Congratulations, Euge!