Queen Harrison

  • Queen
  • Harrison

  • Event
    Sprints/Hurdles
  • Class
    Senior
  • High School/Other
    Hermitage
  • Hometown
    Richmond, Va.

2009 Outdoor: Swept the hurdles competitions at the ACC meet, winning the 400-meter and 100-meter hurdles with times of 56.03 and 13.14, respectively … Won ACC Women’s Performer of the Year for her effort at the conference meet … Finished first in the 400-meter hurdles at Texas Relays with time of 57.38 … Injury forced her to miss NCAA Regional and Championship meets.

2009 Indoor: Ran career-best 8.02 in the 60-meter hurdles en route to winning the event at the Penn State National … Won the 400-meters at the Penn State National, clocking 53.67 … Earned ACC Performer of the Week on Feb. 3 … Placed third in the 500-meters at the Virginia Invitational.

2008 Outdoor: Made Virginia Tech history by becoming only the second Hokie, and first female Tech track and field athlete to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic squad … Advanced to the semifinals in the 400-meter hurdles at the Olympic Games … Finished second in the 400-meter hurdles finals with a school-record time of 54.60 at the Olympic Trials to ensure herself a spot on the American team … Won the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles East Regional title with times of 12.70, a school record, and 54.69 … Set the school record in the outdoor 400-meter dash coming in at 52.88 at the Georgia Tech Invitational …Ran opening leg of the 4x400-meter relay squad that took runner-up at the NCAA East Regional … Sprinted third leg on the 4x100-meter relay team that finished fourth at the regional meet … Won seven individual races on the season, three in the 100-meter hurdles and two each in the 400-meter hurdles and 400-meter dash … Qualified for the national meet in the 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles, 4x100-meter relay and the 4x400-meter relay.

2008 Indoor: Earned All-American status for the third time with a third-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships … Member of ACC champion 4x400-meter relay squad that crossed the line in 3:41.27 … Ran opening leg of school-record 4x400-meter relay unit that earned a time of 3:38.62 … Finished second at the conference meet in the 400-meter dash with time of 55.07 … Claimed fourth at the ACC Championships in the 60-meter hurdles … Set school record in the 500-meter dash with time of 1:12.75 … Member of collegiate record- setting 4x200-meter relay squad that crossed the line in 1:36.43.

2007 Outdoor: Won gold in the 400-meter hurdles and silver in the 100-meter hurdles at the Pan American Junior Championships … Captured gold at the Finish Line USA Junior Outdoor Championships … Earned All-American honors twice … Was ranked No. 1 in the 2007 World Junior rankings with a 55.81 time in the 400-meter hurdles … Placed third at the NCAA Championships in the 400-meter hurdles with a school record time of 55.81 … Finished fifth at the NCAA national meet with a season-best time of 12.98 in the 100-meter hurdles … Won the NCAA East Regional championships in the 400-meter hurdles with a 56.09 effort ... Took second place in the 400-meter hurdles at the ACC Championships, with a 56.80 performance in the finals … First collegiate finisher in the 400-meter hurdles at the Georgia Tech Invitational (57.35).

2007 Indoor: Established a former personal-best in the semifinals of the 60-meter hurdles at the Penn State National Open with a prelim time of 8.48 … Placed eighth overall in the finals of the same event, ran the third leg in 4x400-meter relay that finished second at the PSU National Open with a school record performance of 3:39.20 … Runner-up in the 55-meter hurdle race with a time of 7.81 at the Sykes-Sabok Challenge Cup.

High School: Was a two-time Virginia AAA state champion, winning the outdoor long jump in 2004, and the indoor long jump in 2005 … Her 300-meter hurdle time of 42.15 ranked 12th in the nation in 2006 … Triple jump mark of 12.41m (40’8.75”) ranked her sixth … Two-time indoor track athlete of the year by Richmond Times-Dispatch ... Nike Indoor Nationals triple jump runner-up during junior season to earn All-America honors … Also earned All-America honors in the 4x200-meter relay during junior season ... Holds 11 school records, including three relay teams ... Three-time team MVP ... Won multiple district and regional championships in her high school career ... Member of the Future Business Leaders of America ... All-state academic team ... All-region and all-district academic team.

Personal: Born September 10, 1988 in Loch Sheldrake, N.Y. ... Daughter of William Harrison and Alicia Wingate ... Business marketing major.