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2019-20 Track and Field Roster

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Victoria Major

  • Class Senior
  • Position Jumps/Sprints
  • Height 5-9
  • Hometown Deer Park, N.Y.
  • High School Deer Park

Biography

Honors and Awards
  • NE10 Academic All-Conference - Indoor Track & Field (2018-19)
  • USTFCCCA Second Team All-American - Outdoor High Jump (2019)
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - Indoor 4x400 Relay (2019) 
  • NE10 Champion - Indoor 4x400 Relay (2019)
  • USTFCCCA Indoor East Region Field Athlete of the Year (2019)
  • USTFCCCA First Team All-American - Outdoor High Jump (2017, 2018)
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - Outdoor 400m (2018)
  • NE10 Champion - Outdoor 400m (2018)
  • NE10 Outdoor Rookie Field Athlete of the Year (2017)
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - Outdoor High Jump (2017)
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - Outdoor 4x400m (2017)
  • NE10 Champion - Outdoor High Jump (2017, 2018)
  • USTFCCCA Second Team All-American - Indoor High Jump (2017, 2018, 2019)
  • NE10 Indoor Rookie Field Athlete of the Year (2017)
  • USTFCCCA East All-Region - Indoor High Jump (2017, 2018, 2019)
  • NE10 Champion - Indoor High Jump (2017, 2018)
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2016-17, 2017-18)
  • NE10 Academic Honor Roll - Academic Distinctions (Spring '19)
  • NE10 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall '16, Spring '17, Fall '17, Spring '18)

2019-20
  • Did not compete 
2018-19
  • Placed first twice in the indoor season in her signature high jump, and just missed a three-peat at the NE10 Indoor Championships 
  • Also a member of the Adelphi women's 4x400 relay team which won the NE10 title, a first for the program
  • Successfully pulled off the double with the 4x400, winning the NE10 outdoor title in a time of 3:47.88
  • Placed second in the 200m, clocking in at 55.75, and also placed fourth in the high jump at the outdoor league meet
  • Clocked in 3:49.76 with the 4x400 relay to become the first group from Adelphi to win a women's Penn Relays wheel in over 40 years, as the time beat out the runners-up from St. Peter's by over 10 seconds
  • Won the high jump in three outdoor meets: Sam Howell Invite (4/6), Lions Invitational (4/27) and Army West Point Twilight (5/9)
  • NE10 Field Athlete of the Week - 2/5, 4/10, 4/17, 5/1

2017-18
  • Won three league titles on the season, defending her NE10 high jump title indoors and outdoors
  • Also won her first NE10 title on the track, winning the outdoor 400m title in a time of 56.25
  • Won her signature high jump event a total of seven times on the season
  • Qualified for both the NCAA Division II Indoor and Outdoor Championships for a second time 
  • Placed seventh in the high jump at the outdoor national meet with a season-best 1.72m to earn her second First Team All-American honor
  • Also won the 400m at the Dr. Jack M. Toms Alumni Invitational  (3/23-3/24)

2016-17
  • Participated in 10 indoor meets and eight outdoor meets
  • Posted a total of six first place finishes in the high jump
  • Finished first at the Elm City Challenge (12/2-12/3) with a NCAA provisional mark of 1.70m
  • Won the high jump at the Northeast-10 Indoor Championship (2/18) with a height of 1.67m
  • Placed 11th overall at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championship in the high jump with a mark of 1.70m (3/9-3/11)
  • Won the 400m at the 12th Annual All-American Invitational (4/22) with a 58.59
  • Also won the high jump with a NCAA provisional mark of 1.74m, while also placing second in the 4x400m relay that clocked 3:54.23 at the NE10 Outdoor Championship (5/5-5/6)
  • Jumped to a fourth place finish at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championship in the high jump with a height of 1.74m (5/25-5/27)

At Deer Park
  • Four-time MVP of varsity track
  • Two-time Suffolk County champion in the high jump
  • Also was a Long Island champion in the high jump
  • Broke previous Emerging Elite national record with a 5'7&3/4" jump at Outdoor New Balance Nationals in 2016 and placed second
  • Ended high school career ranked #1 in NYSPHSAA in 2016 for high jump
  • Was also Rookie of the Year in League IV for varsity basketball

Personal
  • Daughter of Rashaun and Diana
  • Social work major
  • Wants to work in youth social work

Major's Career Bests
  • 200m: 25.12 (5/4/18)  
  • 400m: 56.25 (5/4/18) 
  • HJ: 1.74m (5/27/17)
  • LJ: 5.20m (3/25/17)

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Jumps
    5'8"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Jumps
    5'8"
  • 2018-19Junior

    Jumps
    5'8"
  • 2019-20Senior

    Jumps/Sprints
    5'9"