Is there anything you can't find on YouTube?! The video-sharing website hosts a ton of content from the short clip 'Doing an Easter Egg Hunt for My Dogs' to the latest episode of the television show The Voice, and everything in between. For Bo Brasseur, it served as her introduction to Western Illinois University, as she scoured the site for photos and videos that would allow her to preview the place she'd call home for the next four years.

Backstory: Bo is from Lubbeek, Belgium, and was offered a track and field scholarship in a country she'd never once visited.

"In high school, there was an organization called Overboarder that asked me if I wanted to study in America and still do track," she recalled. "I was like 'Hmmm. Interesting.' I had to do standardized testing, and they sent out my resume with those results and my track performances. I got like 30 offers and could eliminate a couple that didn't have my major, dietetics. 

"My freshman year, it was the first time that I came to America. I didn't have a chance to come to campus beforehand. I was kind of just online watching YouTube videos. It was just a leap."

Taking a chance in an unfamiliar place, with your family thousands of miles away, is a total leap of faith.

Fast forward to 2019 and Bo is the Leathernecks' indoor and outdoor record holder in the long jump, on the cusp of competing in the NCAA West Preliminary for the first time.

Bo's track and field career began at the young age of six when her physical education teacher asked everyone to run a 200-meter race around the parking lot. She finished first, ahead of all of her classmates, boys included, and the rest was history.

"My teacher said to my parents' Maybe you want to put her in track. She seems good for that,' she laughed.

Bo qualified for the NCAAs in the long jump event, but she also competes in the 200 and 400-meter races while also serving on Western's relay teams. Injury hampered her ability to jump during her freshman and sophomore campaigns, but that all changed during her junior slate. The breakout season saw Bo stand atop the winner's podium with first-place long jumps at six of seven outdoor meets, and her gold medal at the 2019 Summit League Outdoor Track & Field Championships marked Western's first-ever in the outdoor event.  

Shattering the school's 39-year indoor record, Bo jumped 6.02 meters (19' 9") at the Grand Valley State Big Meet (February 8), and later surpassed her former teammate Jasmine Brown with a 6.23-meter (20' 5.25") outdoor effort at the Mizzou Open (April 6).

Jasmine is one of the Leathernecks' most decorated jumpers in program history, a four-time NCAA Prelim qualifier and the first woman in Western Illinois history to be named the Summit League's Athlete of the Year. Tears rolled down her eyes when Bo surpassed her school record.

"Jasmine was there to watch me break the record, and it was awesome. I have videos, she starts crying, and I'm like 'Jasmine, don't you dare start crying, because then I'll start crying.' I was so happy that she was there that moment. It just made everything complete. It was beautiful." 

Bo improved upon the school mark at the Tom Botts Invitational (April 20) and the number – 6.25 meters (20' 5.25") – allowed her to qualify for the NCAAs for the first time in her collegiate career. She currently ranks No. 24 in the west and 46th in the nation.

"I'm sad that Jasmine isn't here to do it with me, but I'm excited, and my parents are going to come too! I'm going to have fun. I'm going to have fun. I'm going to laugh and cheer everyone on, and I think that's the main point of it."

The track and field prelim is scheduled for Thursday, May 23, and will take place in Sacramento, Calif., on the campus of California State University. The long jump event begins at 8:45 p.m. CT. The Top 12 finishers at the prelim will punch a ticket to the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas, June 5-8.