Victoria Tachinski Season 2020

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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 400m - 55.91, 600m - 1:29.04, 800m - 2:03.83, 1000m - 2:45.44, Mile - 5:05.09, XC4k - 16:11.1 

AWARDS: Academic All-Big Ten (2021,2022)... Women's Indoor Track Second Team...Indoor and Outdoor Track All American (800 Meters).

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Won bronze in the 800m at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in 2021.Won silver medal as a member of 4x400m relay team at the 2019 Big Ten Indoor Championships.
Records: Holds Penn State record in 600m event (1:29.04). Ranks fourth on the program's all time indoor 800m list. 

ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
NCAA East Prelims (5/26-29/21): Competed in the 800m and 4x400m relay. 
NCAA East Prelims (5/23-25/19): Qualified for NCAA East Prelims in 800m.
NCAA East Prelims (5/24-26/18): Qualified in 800m run…Recorded personal-best time (2:07.66).

AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/14-16/21): Placed seventh in the 800m and 4x400m relay. 
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/26-28/21): Won the bronze medal in the 800m run. 
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/28-29/20): Won silver medal as a member of 4x400m relay team (3:37.69)...Competed in 600m and DMR events.
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-12/19): Placed eighth (2:09.02) in 800m final.
Big Ten Indoor Championship (2/22-23/19): Competed in both 600m and DMR events (fifth place).
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/11-13/18): Was a member of the seventh-place 4x400m relay  team (3:39.27)…Competed the 800m event.
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/23-24/18): Was a member of the distance medley relay that placed second (11:11.91)…Finished sixth in 600m run…Member of the ninth-place 4x400m relay team (3:40.59).

TRACK AND FIELD
2021 Outdoor 
Jesse Owens Invite (4/30-5/1): Recorded a personal best time of 2:05.82 in the 800m run to place second. 

2021 Indoor
Penn State Invite (1/23): Recorded a season best 2:06.71 to place second in the 800m run. 

2020 Outdoor
Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor
Season: Set Penn State school record in 600m event...Set personal-best marks in 600m and 800m...Helped 4x400m relay team to a silver medal.  

Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/8): Set school record in 600m race with a time of 1:29.04. Penn State Tune Up (2/21): Ran to a personal-best mark of 2:06.73 in 800m.

2019 Outdoor
Season: Qualified for NCAA East Prelims in 800m for second time...Competed at Big Ten Outdoor Championships in 800m final.

ASU Invitational (3/22-23): Ran season-best 2:07.67 in 800m.

2019 Indoor
Season: Ran personal-best in 400m (55.91). Posted 10 top-10 finishes during indoor season.

Nittany Lion Challenge (1/12): Won both 600m (1:30.79) and as a member of 4x400m relay (3:40.85).  Penn State National (1/25-26): Set personal-best in 400m (55.91)...DMR team won event in a time of 11:09.85.

2018 Outdoor
Season: Ran a personal-best 2:07.66 in the 800m  at NCAA East Prelims...Competed in both 4x400m and 800 at the Big Ten Championships.

LSU Battle on the Bayou (4/7): Finished fifth in 800m (2:11.40)...Member of 4x400m relay team that placed third, running 3:43.41.

Season: Placed second at Big Ten Championships in the as a member of distance medley relay team...Finished sixth in 600m race and ninth as a member of the 4x400m relay. Posted 14 top-10 finishes in first season.

Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Member of 4x800m relay team that won the event (9:04.34). Penn State National (1/26-27): Competed as member of 4x400m  relay team...Won event (3:47.32)...Finished fourth in 800m (2:10.26). Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/2-3): Won both 400m and 4x400m events. Spire NCAA D1 Classic (2/9-10): Set a personal-best time of 1:30.65 in the 600-meter run at the Spire NCAA D-1 Indoor Track & Field Classic.

BEFORE PENN STATE
High School PRs: 200m- 24.48, 300m- 38.48, 400m- 53.37, 600m- 1:30.28, 800m- 2:03.58
Letterwinner at Vincent Massey Collegiate... Named 2017 Manitoba High School Athlete of the Year...Won six Canadian National Championships...Holds six Canadian records (U18 indoor 300m,400m,600m; U18 outdoor 800m; U20 indoor 400m; U20 outdoor 4X400m)...Won 2017 Pan American U20 800m...Earned Silver Medal at 2017 Pan American U20 in 4X400m......Earned Bronze Medal at 2016 World U20 in 4X400m...Finished sixth at 2016 World U20 800m...Earned Bronze Medal at 2015 World U18 in 4X400m...Finished 12th at 2015 World U18 in 400m......2017 Senior 800m 10th Place...Won 2016 U20 800m championship...Won 2016 U18 400m championship...Won 2015 U18 800m championship...Won 2014 U16 300m and 800m championship.

PERSONAL
Full name is Victoria Dawn Tachinski...Daughter of Glen Tachinski & Christine Kuluk...Has three siblings, Xander, Kennedy & Jackson Tachinski… Born on June 15, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.