Columbia University Athletics

2020-21 (First-Year/Duke): (XC) Ran in three meets during the 2020 fall season ... finished sixth among Duke runners and 19th overall at the season-opening Virginia Tech Invitational (9/25), recording a 6K time of 22:04.9 ... ran her 5K in 18:42.1 at the Panorama Farms Invitational (10/16) ... competed at the ACC Championships, clocking a 6K time of 22:13.3 ... Added an additional event in the winter, taking home 30th place in the 6k with a PR time of 20:59.7 at the FSU Winter XC Classic (2/5) ... Took home a finish of 142nd with a time of 21:47.5 at the NCAA Championships (3/15) ... (ITF) Made her indoor season debut at the ACC Indoor Championships, taking home 32nd place in the 3000 meter with a PR time of 9:52.68 (2/25) ... (OTF) Competed in the 3000m steeplechase for the first time, taking second place behind only the top run in the country, running a time of 10:33.73 at the Tobacco Road Challenge (4/10) ... Shaved more than five seconds off her previous best to set a PR in the 3000m steeplechase, winning her first collegiate event with a time of 10:28.20 at the Charlotte Invitational (4/23) ... Smashed her PR in the 3000m steeplechase and recorded the fourth fastest run in program history, recording a time of 10:16.98 to finish first at Duke Twilight (5/3) ... Made her ACC Outdoor Championships debut, running a historic time of 10:08.13 in the 3000m steeplechase, setting the second fastest mark in program history for an eighth place finish, to help the Blue Devil women win their first ACC Championship (5/13 - 5/15) ... Took home 44th place in the 3000m steeplechase with a mark of 10:48.12 at the NCAA East Regional (5/29). 

High School: Competed for four years at Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Mass ... ran a personal-best mile time of 4:53.89 at the NYRR Millrose Games in February of 2019 ... took first place in the 1500m finals with a time of 4:40.12 at the 2018 New England Prep School Track Association (NEPSTA) Championships ... placed 10th with a PR time in the 5K of 17:27.20 at the 2018 Foot Locker Cross Country South Regionals ... made appearances at both the indoor and outdoor New Balance Nationals during her high school career.

Personal: Born, Victoria Vandiver Patterson, on Oct. 11, 2001 in Greenville, South Carolina ... Daughter of Jacqueline Patterson and John Knight ... Began playing the piano at three ... Decided to transfer to Columbia because "of the Ivy League education and Columbia's leading behavioral neuroscience programs" ... Will enroll in Columbia College ... Majoring in neuroscience.

Career Bests:
5K (XC) - 18:42.1 (10/16/2020)
6K (XC) - 20:59.1 (2/5/2021)
3000m (Indoor) - 9:52.69 (2/25/2021)
3000m Steeplechase (Outdoor) - 10:08.13 (5/14/2021)