After stamping her name in the Virginia Tech record books throughout the 2010 track and field season, senior Queen Harrison made NCAA history on Saturday in the final day of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Finals in Eugene, Ore., as she won the women?s 100-meter hurdles.

Tech?s women?s and men?s squads finished fifth and 10th, respectively, in the team standings. The Hokie women tallied 33 points, while the men finished with 20.50. The fifth-place showing for the Hokie women is the best finish ever for a Tech track and field squad, while the 10th-place effort is the best performance for the men?s track and field team in program history. Texas A&M won the competition on both the men?s and women?s side. The Aggie women collected 72 points, while the A&M men notched 55, holding Florida off by one point.

Harrison captured the women?s 100-meter hurdles title with a time of 12.67, tallying her first national championship in the event. The crown marked Harrison?s second championship of the meet, after winning the 400-meter hurdles on Friday night with a school-record time of 54.55, marking the first time a woman has swept both hurdles events in the same national meet in NCAA history.

?It feels great, and I mean great with a lot of R?s behind the G,? Harrison said. ?Not just for NCAA history, but great for my hometown Richmond and Virginia Tech too. It means a lot to be able to bring those two titles, along with the 60-meter hurdle title, back to Blacksburg. I?ve seen a lot of Hokie hats here, people who did not even travel with [the team], and the support has been great.?

With Saturday?s national championship, the Hokie women?s track and field program now holds three national championships, and Harrison owns all three. Along with her 100- and 400-meter hurdle titles, the Hermitage High alum prevailed in the 60-meter hurdles at the indoor national meet earlier this season.

?It feels really good. Coming from seasons past with injuries, changing coaches and changing training styles, this is kind of icing on the cake along with graduating and all the other great things that have happened this year,? Harrison said. ?All the support team has been great, the training staff, the strength and conditioning staff and everybody. I would like to thank them because they have been a big part of my success here.?

Tech sprints, hurdles and jumps coach, in his first year with the Hokies, attributed Harrison?s work ethic and coachibility to her success this season.