Victoria Bossong
American middle-distance runner
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Victoria Bossong (born 5 May 2003) is an American middle-distance runner. Competing for Harvard University she helped set the US college record for the distance medley relay in 2024. She was runner-up in the 800 metres at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships.[1]
Indoor
400m: 52.02 (Boston)
800m: 2:00.36 (Boston, 2026)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 May 2003 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Middle-distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:59,48 (Gainesville, 2025) Indoor 400m: 52.02 (Boston) 800m: 2:00.36 (Boston, 2026) |
Early life
Bossong attended Cheverus High School in Portland, Maine. She was the valedictorian of the Class of 2021. Whilst a high school student, Bossong competed as a sprinter and earned 14 individual state titles in indoor and outdoor track. In her final Class A state meet in 2021, she won the 100 metres and 400 metres and placed second in the 200 metres, and made a late decision to run the 800 meters which she also won. She broke the Maine state record for the 800 metres distance by five seconds in July 2021.[2][3]
Career
Running for Harvard University, Bossong was part of a distance medley relay, including Maia Ramsden and Sophia Gorriaran, that ran 10:37.55 at the Penn Relays to set a US college record on April 26, 2024.[4][5]
Representing Harvard, Bossong was the 2025 Ivy League indoor champion over 400 metres with a time of 52.02 seconds.[6] She finished second in the 800 metres at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach on 15 March.[7] She also placed third overall with the women’s 4 x 400 metres relay at the championships in 3:30.49.[8]
She ran an outdoors 1:59.48 personal best for the 800 metres at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in April 2025, to move to eighth on the NCAA outdoor all-time list.[9] She was a finalist over 800 metres at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.[10][11][12] In August 2025, she was a semifinalist in the 800 metres at the USA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon.[13]
After graduating from Harvard, Bossong turned professional with New Balance.[14] On 24 January 2026, Bossong ran an Indoor personal best in the 800m, running 2:00.36 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, in Boston.[15]
Personal life
Bossong is from Cumberland, Maine. She is of Filipino descent.[16] She graduated from Harvard with a degree in Neuroscience. She also played soccer in her freshman year and plays piano and violin.[14]