The Victoria Vikes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Victoria of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in both men's and women's U Sports. Vikes was previously a longstanding nickname for both the men's teams (previously the Vikings) and women's teams (previously the Vikettes) until it was officially adopted as the teams' name in 1989. Varsity teams The Vikes have both men's and women's varsity teams in the following sports: Basketball Cross country Track Field Hockey Golf Rowing Rugby union Soccer Swimming Club teams The Vikes operate a club men's hockey team that competes in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League. Championships U Sports Championships Men's Basketball (8) 1979-80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1996-97 Women's Basketball (9) 1979-80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1991–92, 1997–98, 1999-00, 2002–03 Women's Field Hockey (13) 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2018, 2019 Men's Soccer (5) 1975, 1987, 1996, 2004, 2011 Women's Soccer (1) 2005 Women's Cross-Country (9) 1980, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Men's Cross-Country (5) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2015 Canadian University National Championships Women's Rowing (11) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012 Men's Rowing (7) 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2021 Men's Rugby (3) 1997-98, 1998–99, 2019–20 Men's Rugby 7s (5) 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Women's Rugby 7s (2) 2017, 2019 Men's Golf (3) 2003, 2005, 2006 Women's Golf (1) 2008 Awards and honors Canada West Hall of Fame Kathy Shields: Canada West Hall of Fame - 2019 Inductee Nicci Wright, Soccer: Canada West Hall of Fame - 2019 Inductee Victoria Vikettes, Basketball: Canada West Hall of Fame - 2019 Inductee References External links Official website U Sports teams University of Victoria Vikes