Victoria Chapus Vickie Cook Janes Elite Racing
“Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.” -Louisa May Alcott
Joined //
2019

Victoria Chapus

Victoria (Vickie Cook) Chapus, has been involved with the Track & Field community for over 50 years. She is a mother of 6 children, a board director at USATF Foundation, and a former trustee at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles. She currently splits time between her home in California and her business in Telluride, Colorado, where she is the owner of Stronghouse Brewpub.

Personal bests

400m 57
800m 2:10
1500m 4:18
Mile 4:41
3,000m 9:18
2 Mile 10:11
5k 16:20
10k 34:55

Running Career Highlights

International age group record holder (2 mile)
3 x California State HS 3200m champion
2 x Junior Pan American 3,000m champion
UCLA scholarship student-athlete
Olympic Trials qualifier 1980
National Sports Festival Western Team member 1981
3 x National HS Cross Country Championship Team

Education

UCLA

Joined //
2019

Victoria Chapus

Victoria Chapus Vickie Cook Janes Elite Racing
“Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.” -Louisa May Alcott

Personal bests

400m 57
800m 2:10
1500m 4:18
Mile 4:41
3,000m 9:18
2 Mile 10:11
5k 16:20
10k 34:55

Running Career Highlights

International age group record holder (2 mile)
3 x California State HS 3200m champion
2 x Junior Pan American 3,000m champion
UCLA scholarship student-athlete
Olympic Trials qualifier 1980
National Sports Festival Western Team member 1981
3 x National HS Cross Country Championship Team

Education

UCLA