Rising star: Vernon Lee is one of the swimmers Malaysia can rely on after a golden performance in the 37th South-East Asian age–group championships in Brunei.
PETALING JAYA: Vernon Lee showed there is hope for Malaysia to extend their dominance in middle and long distance men’s swimming discipline with a splashing performance at the just concluded 37th South East Asian age-group swimming championships in Brunei.
The Sarawakian schoolboy smashed the 17-year-old meet record of 4:01.49 held by former Asian Games gold medallist Torlap Sethsothorn of Thailand in winning the boys’s 16-18 age group’s 400m freestyle event in 3:58.14.
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