Track & Field
Victoria Dunlap - Track & Field - University of Kentucky Athletics

VictoriaDunlap

  • class Senior
  • High school Brentwood Academy

• 2008 NCAA Mideast Regional Semifinalist – High Jump
• 2008 All-SEC Outdoor Freshman Team – High Jump, Javelin
• 2008 All-SEC Freshman Team – Women’s Basketball

2009 (Sophomore): Competing as a member of the UK women’s basketball team.

2008 (Freshman): Outdoor – At Mideast Regional, finished 10th overall in high jump, clearing a height of 5-7.25 … Named to the All-SEC Freshman Outdoor Track and Field Team after placing third in the high jump with a clearance of 5-8.75 … Placed seventh at SEC Championships in the javelin, throwing a distance of 130-5 … Earned a regional-qualifying mark after soaring 5-10 in the high jump to post the third-best height all-time in school history at Sea Ray Relays … Was the third-ranked freshman nationally in the high jump and top rookie in the Mideast region … After one outdoor track season, now ranks in UK’s all-time top-10 in both the high jump (3rd) and the javelin (7th). Basketball – Competed as a member of the UK women’s basketball team during indoor track season … Averaged 7.3 points and 6.9 rebounds per game … Led UK in rebounding, ranking 12th in the SEC as only freshman among the top 12 … Also led the team in steals (43) … Third on the squad in scoring … Unanimous choice for the All-SEC Freshman Team.

High School: Claimed the 2007 USA Junior Olympic heptathlon title and is a two-time U.S. Youth National Champion in the event … Defended her youth women’s heptathlon title claim with 4,838 points and captured the long jump title with a leap of 18-9.75 at the USA Youth Outdoor Championships … Crowned Tennessee state high school champion in the high jump each of her four years …Won 2007 state title in the 100-meter hurdles … Named the 2006 Tennessee Female Track and Field Athlete of the Year by the Tennessean … State champion in the pentathlon … Ranked as the No. 1 returning senior in the heptathlon … Named all-state and all-district in track and basketball … A two-time Miss Basketball finalist … 14th-ranked basketball recruit in the 2007 All-Star Girls Report … Brentwood Academy’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder … Helped lead her squad to 19 consecutive wins and the school’s first-ever state title as a junior … Named the Most Valuable Player of the 2006 state tournament … Father played football at Tennessee State and spent three seasons in the NFL and brother King is a senior offensive lineman at Auburn.

Personal: Born Sept. 19, 1989 in Nashville, Tenn. … Parents are King and Robin Dunlap … Has two brothers, King V (22) and George (20) … Nickname “Vic.”

Personal Bests: High Jump – 5-10, Javelin – 130-5.

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