Eugene Tee

Position:
Freestyle, Individual Medley
Height:
6-0
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Melbourne, Australia
High School:
Santa Monica Catholic

EUGENE TEE BIO

Career Best Times: 3:49.97 in the 400-yard individual medley; 1:48.48 in the 200-yard individual medley; 4:26.83 in the 500-yard freestyle; 9:17.61 in the 1000-yard freestyle; 15:20.44 in the 1650-yard freestyle; 1:49.19 in the 200-yard backstroke.

Long Course Meters (Australia): 4:25.34 in 400-meter individual medley; 2:06.04 in 200-meter individual medley; 15:51.45 in 1500-meter freestyle; 2:04.14 in 200-meter backstroke.

General: Ranks as the eighth fastest 400-yard individual medleyist (3:49.97) in UNC history.

2016-17: Carolina CREED mentor in bCLA…appointed to be a UNC International Ambassador by office of undergraduate admissions.

2015-16: Member of scoring team at ACC Championships where he placed 16^th in 400 IM (3:53.92)…at 2015 Nike Cup, he placed eighth in the 200 IM with a time of 1:50.44…also took fifth place in 400 IM (3:55.51) and was ninth in the 1650 freestyle (15:36.43)…placed 16^th in 200 back with time of 1:53.71…won the 400 IM versus Duke, going 3:58.08…CREED Mentor in Carolina Leadership Academy.

2014-15: Had several point scoring swims at the 2014 Nike Cup...placed 10th in the 400 IM, 14th in 500 free and 14th in the 200 IM...had a pair of Top 25 finishes at 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series in Charlotte...a Rising Star in the Carolina Leadership Academy which he completed with Platinum honors.

2013-14: Had a spectacular freshman year…at the Nike Cup, he placed in the Top 8 in four individual events, including first in the 400-yard IM in 3:49.97, third in the 200-yard IM in 1:48.48, fifth in the 1650-yard freestyle in 15:39.86 and seventh in the 200-yard backstroke in 1:49.19…competed in three individual events at the 2014 ACC Championships…placed 10th in the 1650-yard freestyle in 15:20.44 and 20th in the 400-yard IM in 3:51.52…in the summer of 2013 he swam at the Arena Grand Prix in Charlotte, N.C. …placed second in the 19-24 age group at the Pier-2-Pier Open Water Championship in Wrightsville Beach, N.C. … named to the 2013-14 ACC Honor Roll…through the Carolina Leadership Academy, he participates in the Rising Stars program and is a CREED mentor.

Prep: First UNC recruit from Australia…a Melbourne native who attended Camberwell Grammar School before moving to the U.S. where he attended Santa Monica Catholic High School…competed in swimming there and was coached by Rick Bruce…in his native Australia, he competed for Surrey Park Swimming Club and in the U.S. for Team Santa Monica where he was coached by Dave Kelsheimer…a member of multiple national youth teams for Australia…member of 2009 and 2010 Trans-Tasman Team, 2009 Australian Age All-Star Team, 2011 Youth Commonwealth Games Team, 2011 Australian Youth All-Star Team and 2012 Junior Pan Pac Team…Australian Youth Team member 2009-12…medalist at Youth Commonwealth Games in 200 IM, 400 IM and 1500 freestyle…2012 Junior Pan Pac finalist in 200 IM and 400 IM…captured Australian age group national titles in 200 meter breaststroke (13 and under), 1500-meter freestyle (15 and under) and 400-meter IM (17/18 age group).

Personal: Eugene Tee is the son of Fong and Adrian Tee…was born December 1, 1993 in Melbourne, Victoria...stands 6-0 tall…exercise and sports science major...has one brother, Kevin.