Queen Harrison

Make sure to follow your past Virginia high school track and field stars compete for spots on the US team in the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games at the 2008 US Olympic Trials being held at University of Oregon's historic Hayward field from June 27th to July 6th in Eugene. The trials will be broadcasted on the USA Network and NBC throughout the week. USATF Start Lists & Results Day Seven Highlights (Saturday, July 5th): Charles Clark (pictured above by Brandon Miles at 2006 Nike Outdoor Nationals) has qualified for the finals of the men's 200 meter dash at the Olympic Trials. M-200 Semifinals: His semifinal heat was dominated up front by a trio of potential Olympic qualifiers in Wallace Spearmon (20.05), Walter Dix (20.09), and Rodney Martin (20.04), but Charles Clark took the fourth and final spot for Sunday's men 200 finals with a 20.48 clocking to hold off the remaining athletes in the race. M-High Jump: Menchville grad Keith Moffatt cleared a height which was good enough to place him among the top finishers at the Olympic Trials, but did not have the "A" standard to allow him to make it on the US team for Beijing. Second through fifth place all cleared 7'5.25" with Moffatt in fifth place at the height, but the final and third spot on the Olympic team went to the sixth place finisher in Dustin Jonas, who had cleared the Olympic "A" standard in an earlier meet. If Moffatt had cleared the "A" standard previously, he would have made the Olympic team before Jonas as the first three finishers with "A" standards automatically qualify for the Olympics. W-100H Quarterfinals: Kellie Wells won her second race of the day and is positioning herself well to make a run for a spot on the Olympic team. Wells won heat 1 of 3 in 12.82 clocking, while fellow Virginians Yvette Lewis and Virginia Johnson competed in the same semifinals race and will all be moving onto the semis as well as Lewis finished third at 12.97 and Johnson took fourth at 13.11. M-110H Prelims: One of the country's greatest hurdlers of all-time may have just competed in his final track meet as Lake Braddock product Allen Johnson was unable to finish his preliminary heat as a recent injury flared it up again today. Johnson had made plans to retire earlier in the year and finish what has been an outstanding professional career including a Olympic gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and seven U.S. national titles after this summer. Johnson's longevity in the sport has been remarkable as he has been ranked among the top 10 hurdlers in the world in the 110 meter hurdles for a 14 consecutive year span from 1993 to 2007. W-100H Prelims: Three Virginians are moving onto the quarterfinals in the women's 100 meter hurdles as James River alum Kellie Wells won her heat in 13.02, while Menchville alum Yvette Lewis finished third in the fastest race of the four prelims with a time of 12.93. Both Lewis and Virginia Johnson just missed making the Olympic team in earlier events in the Trials with fourth place finishes from Lewis in the triple jump and Johnson in the heptathlon. Johnson, formerly known as Virginia "Gigi" Miller of Gar-Field High, advanced onto the quarterfinals with her clocking of 13.09 to place third in her heat. M-200 Quarterfinals: Charles Clark dropped his time a little more from the prelims and finished second once again in his heat to move onto another round as the Florida State sophomore clocked in at 20.55, which is the third fastest overall in the round. Clark's heat was won by Shawn Crawford, a 2004 Olympian, who has ran the fastest times in the first two rounds. Clark competes in his third round in the last 24 hours later today with the men's 200 semifinals and will be racing for a spot among the eight who will advance onto tomorrow's finals. The injury to Tyson Gay in the 200 quarterfinals has opened up the event for others to win as well as another of three spots. A winner of five high school state championships in 2006 at Bayside High School, Clark will need to finish in the top four in a tough semifinal heat which includes the likes of Walter Dix and Wallace Spearmon. More highlights of the Virginians at the US Olympic Trials from previous days Olympic Trials TV Schedule All times are Eastern; subject to change; check local listings Date Times Network June 28 12:00-1:00 a.m. USA June 28 8:00-9:00 p.m. NBC June 29 7:00-8:00 p.m. NBC June 30 11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. USA July 3 11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. USA July 4 11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. USA July 5 5:00-6:00 p.m. NBC July 6 7:00-9:00 p.m. NBC  

 Photo by John HerzogQueen Harrison wrapped up her banner freshmen year of college at Virginia Tech by striking gold at the Pan Am Junior Championships in Brazil by bringing home Team USA a total of two medals with her second coming on Sunday in a gold medal. The Hermitage High alum, the world juniors leader in the 400 meter hurdles, clocked in at 56.25 in the finals of the event on Sunday to claim the Pan Am Junior title as the United States went 1-3 in the event with Tennessee prep Jackie Coward finished third in 57.21. Harrison concludes her breakout season in the hurdles with two NCAA All-American honors in the 100 and 400 meter hurdles respectively and USATF Junior Nationals title in the 400 meter hurdles to go along with her silver medal in the 100 meter hurdles and gold medal in the 400 meter hurdles at the Pan Am Junior Championsips. 

  Photo from hokiesports.com   At the Pan Am Junior Championships in Brazil, 2006 Hermitage High School grad Queen Harrison finished as runner-up in the finals of the 100 meter hurdles on Friday to Virginia Tech teammate Kristin Castlin in a 13.20 clocking. Harrison will finish up what has been an amazing freshmen year of college track Saturday and Sunday in the semifinals of the 400 meter hurdles on Saturday and the finals on Sunday. Harrison is currently the world juniors leader in the event and heavy favorite to win in Brazil to add a gold medal to the silver medal she earned on Friday. Update: Harrison qualified for the finals of the 400 meter hurdles with a second place finish in her heat in 57.28.   Check back to MileStat.com's June 21st interview with Queen Harrison  

Virginia Tech freshmen Queen Harrison has already earn herself a ticket to the Brazil for the Pan Am Junior Championships after a top two finish in the finals of the 100 meter hurdles at the USATF Junior National Championships today in Indianapolis. She now quickly shifts her attention to the 400 meter hurdles on Friday as she is heavily favored to become Virginia's next US Junior Nationals Champ as the top seed with a US juniors #3 all-time performance of 55.81 from her All-American third place finish at the NCAA Championships. The Hermitage High School graduate has well exceeded her expectations going into this year and is not looking to slow down anytime soon as the currently the fastest junior (19 & under) 400 meter hurdler in the World currently. MileStat.com's Brandon Miles was fortunate to interview in between her 100 meter hurdles finals on Thursday and her 400 meter hurdles prelims on Friday. (Photo from hokiesports.com)

MileStat.com Athlete of the Week award for the week of May 7th through May 13th goes to Hermitage\'s Queen Harrison and Manchester\'s Anthony Chesson.

Christopher Newport University will host its second high school invitational of the season this weekend with the CNU Showcase. The two day meet held Friday and Saturday, January 7th and 8th at the Freeman Center\'s Vince Brown Track will be the start of several competitive meets after winter break with the state\'s best athletes going head to head. This weekend\'s meet will feature three of the state\'s biggest stars in Michael Morrison, Francena McCorory, and Angela Jenkins.

Athletes gathered over winter break in between the Christmas and New Year\'s Holidays to compete in the annual track and field clinic invitational held at the Arthur Ashe Center in Richmond. Several solid performances were turned in throughout the meet.

The Liberty Christmas Invitational turned out to be the meet of the weekend as seven state best performances were found at the first annual meet. The Blacksburg girls (90 pts) and Hermitage boys (55 pts) won team titles as the Blackburg girls blew out the field with their dominance in the distance events and relays, while the Hermitage boys barely squeaked out the win over three other teams in the hunt.

he Virginia Tech track and field program has announced the signing of Queen Harrison to a National Letter of Intent for the 2006-07 year. Harrison, a senior at Hermitage High School in Richmond, Va., earned All-American honors in the triple jump and in the 4x200 meter-relay in 2005. She was the runner-up at the Nike Indoor National Meet in the triple jump and helped her high school to a second-place finish in the 4x200m relay.

Hermitage hurdler star Queen Harrison suffered an unfortunate season ending injury at last night\'s Colonial District Meet. On the Wednesday portion of the Colonial District Meet at Douglas Freeman High School, Harrison was competing in the trials of the 300 meter hurdles. Out in the lead in her heat, Harrison hit the sixth hurdle and fell to the ground. She was able to get up and chase down the runners that passed her in the fall and win the heat in dramatic fashion. However, it was later learned that she suffered a broken collar bone and that it would take four to six weeks to heal. Harrison was just coming off a great performance at last Friday\'s Southern Track Classic where she posted the state\'s fastest time in a personal best time of 43.17 for the 300 meter low hurdles event and seemed to poise to win the state crown this June. Hopefully, Harrison will have a speedy recovery and begin preparation for a stellar senior season next year.

Sharing honors as Co-Athletes of the Year are equally deserving athletes in Fauquier junior Sarah Bowman and Bethel sophomore Francena McCorory. Hampton freshmen Tierra Brown, Western Albemarle sophomore Ashley Early, William Fleming senior Tiera Hubbard, Amherst senior Sheemeca Berkley, and the Bethel girls 4x100 and 4x400 meter relay teams also earned distinguished honors. Never are the the selections for the All-MileStat.com Team easy, and this year was no exception with a competitive spring of outdoor track and field that saw many athletes jostling with another to become the best in the state in their respective events.

Hermitage High School coach Walter Spain has little trouble explaining the success of sophomore Queen Harrison.