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MOUNTAIN VIEW, California -- Virginia Tech track All-American and three-time NCAA champion Queen Harrison has been named Track & Field News Female College Athlete of the Year. She is joined in the honor by Arizona State’s Ryan Whiting.

Harrison became the first female in NCAA history to win both the 100- and 400-meter hurdle national titles in June at the NCAA Outdoor Finals in Eugene, Ore. Earlier in the year, she captured Virginia Tech’s first national title in women’s track and field at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships, winning the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.95.

Harrison had a wind-aided 12.44 in 100m hurdles at the ACC Championships with was the all-time fastest collegiate mark under any conditions. Her 12.61 at the Penn Relays tied her with Olympic Champion Gail Devers as the equal-third-fastest 100m hurdler in collegiate history. Harrison’s 54.55 in the 400m hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Finals was the ninth fastest by a collegian.

The national honor is just the latest accolade for Harrison who was named the ACC Female Track Performer of Year and is one of three female finalists for the Bowerman Award which is named after legendary University of Oregon head track and field coach Bill Bowerman who served as coach from 1949-72 and is considered one of the highest honors in Track & Field. The award winners will be announced at the USTFCCCA Convention, held December 13-16, in San Antonio, Texas.

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