Vicky Yu

Photo by: Doug Sampson

Position:
IM/Butterfly/Freestyle
Class:
Senior
High School:
Shenyang Foreign Service
Hometown:
Shenyang, China

Record Book
100-Fly -- 0:54.67, T-1st in BGSU history (5th place at 2009 MAC Championships)
200-Fly -- 2:00.26, 1st in BGSU history (1st place at 2009 MAC Championships)
400-IM -- 4:25.69, 2nd in BGSU history (12th place at 2009 MAC Championships)
400-Free Relay -- 3:24.52, 1st in BGSU history (5th place at 2009 MAC Championships)
800-Free Relay -- 7:23.27, 1st in BGSU history (6th place at 2010 MAC Championships)
400-Medley Relay -- 3:42.98, 1st in BGSU history (4th place at 2012 MAC Championships)

Other Personal Bests
100-Free -- 0:53.71 vs. Ball State (2008, 1st place)
200-Free -- 1:54.01 vs. Eastern Michigan (2008, 1st place)
500-Free -- 5:09.11 at 2010 MAC Championships (34th place)
1000-Free -- 10:52.68 vs Youngstown State (2012, 2nd place)
100-Back -- 1:01.50 at 2011 TPSC Invitational (prelims)
200-IM -- 2:08.41 at 2011 MAC Championships (26th place)

2011-2012: Finished 200 butterfly in ninth place at final MAC Championships (2:02.21) ... at TPSC Invitational, won 100 butterfly (0:55.76) and finished second in 200 butterfly (2:01.40) ... also at TPSC, took 20th place in 200 IM (2:11.97) and 23rd in 100 backstroke (1:01.67) ... during dual meet schedule, swept two butterfly events four times (Akron, Buffalo, Ohio, Youngstown State) ... finished in top three of all 16 butterfly races during dual meets (10 total wins).

2010-2011: Took fourth place in 200 butterfly at MAC Championships ... her time (2:00.42) was less than two-tenths of a second shy of BGSU record, which she set in 2009 ... placed tenth overall (0:55.64) in 100 butterfly at MAC Championships and also swam with two fifth-place relay teams (200-medley, 800-free) ... swept butterfly events in three dual meets during regular season ... placed second in both buttefly races at 2010 Eastern Michigan Invitational ... swept 100- and 200-freestyle races against Youngstown State ... won 200-fly against Cleveland State and Michigan State.

2009-2010: Posted top ten times two events, including a fourth-place finish in the 200-Fly (2:02.05) and a tenth-place finish in the 100-Fly (55.81) … swam a season and personal best time in the 500-Free (5:09.11), finishing in 34th … was a member of the record-setting 800-Free relay squad (7:23.27) that finished in sixth … swam the third leg of the sixth-place finishing 400-Medley relay squad (3:46.92).

2008-2009: At the OSU Invitational in December, she first set the school record in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:02.02 (which she would later shatter at the 2009 MAC Championships) ... finished in 13th in the 400-yard IM ... in a gold medal performance, Yu set the new 200 fly time at 2:00:26 (also a personal best) ... swam to another top BGSU record in the 400-yard IM, finishing 12th, another personal best ... swam the second fastest time in BGSU history in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing fifth ... was a member of the record-setting 800-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard freestyle relays ... named to the All-MAC First Team.

High School: Champion of 200 Fly and 100 Fly • Runner-up in 200 Back, 4x100 Free, 4x100 IM and 4x200 Free

Personal: Full name is Bihan Yu ... daughter of Jiawei Yu and Yuanyuan Jia ... born April 29, 1989 ... an apparel merchandising & product development major at BGSU, with a cumulative GPA of 3.20 through the Spring 2012 semester.