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June 30, 2008

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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Tech's Queen Harrison has made the U.S. Olympic Team.

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Tech's Queen Harrison has made the U.S. Olympic Team.

Harrison earned a spot on the team after taking second place in the 400-meter hurdles Sunday at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore.

Virginia Tech says Harrison is the school's first female athlete to become a member of an Olympic team, and only the second Hokie athlete to do so. Men's basketball player Bimbo Coles competed in the 1988 Olympics.

Harrison had suffered a hamstring injury earlier this month and had to withdraw from the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

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