Honors: 2021 All-Region in cross country ... 2021 and 2022 NCAA West Preliminary Round qualifier in the 1500 meters ... 2020 and 2021 Academic All-Big Ten in track and cross country
| Personal Bests |
| Indoor |
Outdoor |
Cross Country |
| 800 meters |
2:11.03 |
2/10/23 |
800 meters |
2:10.12 |
3/31/23 |
5K |
16:54.4 |
10/2/21 |
| Mile |
4:40.28 |
2/11/22 |
1500 meters |
4:14.95 |
6/9/24 |
6K |
20:20.9 |
11/12/21 |
| 3000 meters |
9:21.16 |
12/3/21 |
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| 5000 meters |
17:07.81 |
2/25/21 |
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TFRRS Profile
2024 Outdoor Track: Finished second in the sixth heat of the 1500 meters with a personal best time of 4:14.95 at the Portland Track Festival (June 9)... finished 19th in the 1500 meters crossing 4:23.39 at the NCAA West Preliminary round (May 25)... finished 15th in the 5000 meters crossing in 16:45.72 at the 2024 Big Ten Championships (May 12)... won the second heat of the 1500 meters crossing in 4:19.37 for 10th overall and was a member of the 4x1500 that set the school record in 17:14.75 at the Penn Relays (April 25-27)...
finished 10th in the 800 meters crossing in 2:09.27 and seventh in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:22.04 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 12-13)... won the 5000 meters crossing in 16:22.87 at the Stanford Invitational (March 29)
2024 Indoor Track: Finished fourth in the 3000 meters crossing 9:20.36
at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 23)... won the 3000 meters crossing in 9:25.28 at the Windy City Invitational (Feb. 10)...
finished eighth in the 3000 meters crossing in 9:35.38 and 14th in the mile with a time of 4:48.33 at the Michigan Invitational (Jan. 27)... finished sixth in the 3000 meters crossing in 9:37.86 at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 19)
2023 Cross Country: Finished 69th overall at the 2023 Big Ten Championships (Oct. 27), covering the 6K course in 22:50.6... placed 165th at the 2023 Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational presented by Under Armour (Oct. 13), covering the course in 21:41.0 (6K)...competed in the Tom Cooney Championship race at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational (Sept. 29) finishing 27th overall covering the 6K course in 20:29.1... finished sixth overall at the Badger Classic (Sept. 9), covering the 5.2K course in 18:18.6
2023 Outdoor Track: Finished second in the 800 meters with a personal best time of 2:10.12 and second in the 1500 meters crossing in 4:22.78 at the Stanford Invitational (March 31)... Placed ninth in the 1500 meters in 4:19.94 and was part of the 4x1500 squad that finished seventh in 17:27.25 at the Penn Relays (April 27)... finished 39th in 1500 meters with a time of 4:28.61 at the NCAA West Prelims (May 24)
2023 Indoor Track: Placed third in the mile crossing in 4:48.39 at the Larry Wieczorek Invite (Jan.20-21) ... finished 10th in the mile in 4:58.41, and finished third the DMR in 11:35.60 at the 2023 Indiana University Relays (Jan.27-28) ... finished ninth in the 800 meters in 2:11.0 at the Wisconsin Badgers Windy City Invite (Feb.10-11)... won the 800 meters with a time of 2:11.14 at the Valentines Day Invitational (Feb. 17)... finished seventh in the DMR with a time of 11:25.89 at the Big Ten Championships (Feb.24-25)
2022 Cross Country: Placed 39th at the Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 23) running the 6K course in 21:45.4 ... placed 97th overall at the Nuttycombe Invitational (Oct. 14) covering the course in 20:54.3 (6K) ... finished 38th at the Big Ten Cross Country Championships (Oct. 28th) with a time of 21:10.0 (6K) ... placed 40th at the Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 11), covering the course in 21:05.1 (6K) ... placed 149th overall at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 19), covering the course in 20:56.1 (6K)
2022 Outdoor Track: Finished eighth in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:22.12 at the Stanford Invitational (April 1-2) ... finished ninth in the invitational 800 meters, running a personal best of 2:10.70, and placed fifth in the invitational 1500 meters in 4:18.83 at the Oregon Relays (April 22-23) ... member of the seventh-place 4x1500-meter relay in 17:34.43 and 10th-place distance medley relay in 11:14.12 at the Penn Relays (April 28-30) ... placed sixth in the 1500 meters in 4:25.29 at the Big Ten Championships (May 15)... recorded a new personal best in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:18.24 at the NCAA West Prelims (May 25-28)
2022 Indoor Track: Placed sixth in the mile with a time of 4:40.77, finished seventh in the DMR with a time of 11:22.27..placed third with a personal best in the mile in 4:40.28 at the Badgers Windy City Invite (Feb.11-12) ... also a member of the second-place distance medley relay in 11:14.41 ... placed seventh in the mile in 4:48.09 at the Indiana University Relays (Jan.28-29) ... placed sixth with a personal best of 2:13.05 in the 800 meters at the Larry Wieczorek Invite (Jan. 21-22)
2021 Cross Country: Finished 83rd overall and second on the team at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 20) in 20:24.7 ... earned all-region honors by placing 18th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 12) in a personal best time of 20:20.9 ... crossed the line in 21:11.4 at the Big Ten Championships (Oct. 29) to place 18th ... took 61st at the Nuttycombe Invitational (Oct. 15), finishing in 21:02.4 ... took 11th at the Louisville Classic (Oct. 2), running a 5K personal best of 16:54.4 ... placed fifth at the Bradley Intercollegiate (Sept. 17), covering the 3.1 mile course in 16:33.4
2021 Outdoor Track: Finished seventh in the 1500 meters in a personal best time of 4:18.72 at the Big Ten Championships (May 14-16) ... placed 19th in the 800 meters in a personal best of 2:17.57 at the B1G North Florida Invitational (April 2-3)
2021 Indoor Track: Finished 12th in the mile in 4:50.94 and 16th in the 5000 meters in 17:07.81 at the Big Ten championships (Feb. 25-27) ... placed 10th in the 3000 meters in a personal best time of 9:40.71 at the Hawkeye B1G Invitational (Feb. 12-13) ... won the mile at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 22-23) in 4:57.35
2020-21 Cross Country: Finished 46th in the 6K with 21:48.4 at the Big Ten Championships (Jan. 30)
2020 Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID19
2020 Indoor: Won the 3,000 meters at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 17-18) in 9:55.01 and 11th in the mile in 5:02.88 ... finished 11th in the 3000 meters at the Indiana Relay (Jan. 31-Feb. 1) in 9:43.66
2019 Cross Country: Placed 54th at the Big Ten championships (Nov. 3) in 21:27.6 ... crossed in 21:29.9 at the Nuttycombe Invitational (Oct. 18) in 21:29.9 ... finished ninth in the 5000 meters in 18:01.40 at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational
High school: Four-time all-state in cross country and track.. four-time all-conference in track and cross country ... three-time all-County in track and cross country... scholar athlete ... four-time Academic All-State and all-league... named most valuable distance runner for her high school... school record holder in cross country ...
Detroit Free Press Sports Award nominee for the best female cross country runner in the Metro Detroit area ... graduated in the top three of her class... named the top female student-athlete in her class... Milford High School nominee for the Lakes Valley Conference Sportsperson of the Year... JOI Club Vice President
Personal: Parents are Nancy and Rob Heiligenthal... has two siblings, Brian (25) and Kevin (23) ... born Nov. 2 ... majoring in biomedical engineering ... volunteers with Badgers Give Back ... member of SAAC and Society of Women Engineers
Why Wisconsin?
"I chose Wisconsin because of its rich and successful athletic history, prestigious academics, and its beautiful campus. The team and coaching staff welcomed me like family, and I knew that I could succeed in all aspects of my life by becoming a student-athlete here."
Off the Course with Victoria
Where is your favorite places to run in Madison? Lakeshore and the Picnic Point trails, and through the Arb
How would your teammates describe you? Fun and outgoing, but also dedicated and driven in athletics as well as academics
How would you describe the team? Family. We support, fight, and love each other like family. We do everything together and we push each other to be our best selves in all aspects of our lives. We truly want what’s best for each other and are overwhelming willing to help each other reach our goals.
My favorite thing about Wisconsin cross country is: the balance that we can have between having fun and not taking things too seriously and being dedicated and focused to accomplish the goals we have set for the team and for ourselves.
Which teammate have you learned the most from and what have you learned? Madison Mooney. She has taught me how to push myself when I didn’t think I could go further. She has also inspired me to be a better teammate and to impact as many people as I can with kind words and genuine actions.
Do you have any pre-meet rituals? I always have one of the athletes braid my hair a certain way and I always eat the same things before each race.
The best thing about the Zimmer Course is: running up the finishing stretch with tons of fans screaming on both sides.
What are your individual goals for the season? Top 15 at the Big Ten Championships and be top 60 at nationals
What are your team goals for the season? Big Ten champions and to finish top four at nationals.
What is your favorite cross country memory? When the entire team traveled to nationals in 2019 and watched the girls race while carrying the huge “W” flags around the course.
When did you start running competitively? Seventh grade
What do you love most about running? The sense of community and friendships that running has brought to me. I also love the feeling of accomplishing a big goal knowing I poured my body’s absolute max into achieving it.
Why did you choose cross country and/or track? My brothers ran when I was younger, so I also decided to join the team. I also loved running in soccer, so I figured I would be good at long distance running as well.
If you could go on a run with any one person, who would it be? I would run with Emma Coburn because she is a big role model for me.
What is your career goal? Work in the sports industry at a company like Nike or Under Armour to develop and test running shoes to help enhance performance and prevent injury
