Victoria Bossong

Victoria Bossong (born 5 May 2003) is a Filipino-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.

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.

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.

Representing Harvard, Bossong was the 2025 Ivy League indoor champion over 400 metres with a time of 52.02 seconds. She finished second in the 800 metres at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach on 15 March. She also placed third overall with the women’s 4 x 400 metres relay at the championships in 3:30.49.

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. She was a finalist over 800 metres at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. In August 2025, she was a semifinalist in the 800 metres at the USA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

After graduating from Harvard, Bossong turned professional with New Balance. On 6 June, Bossong ran a personal best 1:58.52 for the 800 m to place third at the USATF Lone Star Grand Prix in College Station, Texas. In July 2026, Bossong switched her allegiance from the USA to the Philippines.

Personal life Bossong is from Cumberland, Maine. She is of Filipino descent. She graduated from Harvard with a degree in Neuroscience. She also played soccer in her freshman year and plays piano and violin.