BG’s good recruiting is coming to fruition. On a night that two seniors finished their careers at Cooper Pool, one freshman stole the show, announcing herself as a force to be reckoned with for the next three years. During the last recruiting season, assistant coach Mark Howard had a plan, and that was to bring Chinese international student Vicky Yu to the University, hoping to turn her into a great swimmer. Less than a year later, Howard can smile at a job well done. Yu, a butterfly specialist, took home the Falcons’ sole gold medal this weekend at the Mid-American Conference Championships swimming with a time of 2:00.26 in the 200-yard butterfly, which shattered the previous University record of 2:02.02. Before handing the title of the conference’s best butterfly swimmer over to Yu, she needs to fend off teammate Sarah Burston, who finished third in the event less than seven-tenths of a second behind Yu. But the weekend belonged to Yu, who swam a thrilling race. The freshman trailed for the first three quarters of the swim, before finishing in a blaze with a final split of 31.42, enough to win the event by just over one-tenth of a second. Two months ago, Howard foresaw greatness in his freshman. ‘I recruited Vicky to be a MAC Champion,’ Howard said. ‘Vicky has all the potential to achieve all the great things.’