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EUGENE, Ore.-- Virginia Tech had two athletes, one current and one former, who failed to qualify Sunday afternoon in their respective events on the final day of the 2011 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

The 2011 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships competition selected the members of Team USA who will compete in the IAAF World Championships Aug. 27-Sept. 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

Kelly Phillips (r-Sr., Blacksburg, Va.) missed at the initial height on all of her attempts in the women’s pole vault competition. Phillips posted a season-best 12-11.75 (3.96m) in winning the Liberty Twilight women’s pole vault competition. She qualified for the NCAA East Regional finishing 13th 12-7.5 (3.83). During the indoor season, Phillips was a second team All-American after placing ninth at the national meet. She won the ACC Indoor Championships after setting a new school record two weeks earlier at the VT Elite Meet of 14-1.25 (4.30m).

Formen Tech sprinter Kristi Castlin, who finished third in her 100m hurdle heat Saturday with a time of 12.83, saw her chances of making Team USA eliminated with a false start in her semifinal Sunday afternoon. In 2009, Castlin garnered her second All-America accolade in the 100-meter hurdles, finishing runner-up at the NCAA Championships with a time of 13.15. She won the NCAA East Regional championship in the 100-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 12.89

Former Virginia Tech athlete and three-time NCAA Champion, Queen Harrison, qualified for a spot on Team USA Saturday afternoon with a second place finish in the women’s 400m hurdles.Harrison, who was second (56.49) in her Thurday heat and fourth (56.86) in one of Friday’s semifinal heats, drew the inside lane and held form throughout to finish second in an impressive 54.78.

In 2010, Harrison received the Bowerman Award which is given to the most outstanding male and female athlete of the season. She became Tech’s first ever women’s NCAA Champion, eventually earning three titles and becoming the first athlete in NCAA history to win both the 100 and 400-Meter Hurdles during the outdoor championships. She was named the USTFCCCA Southeast Region Track Athlete of the Year, earned four ACC titles and set four school records, including an ACC Championship record in the 60-Meter Hurdles.

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