Education
Born in Loch Sheldrake, New York, Harrison attended Hermitage High School in Richmond, Virginia, where she competed in events including hurdling, long jump, and triple jump.
Born in Loch Sheldrake, New York, Harrison attended Hermitage High School in Richmond, Virginia, where she competed in events including hurdling, long jump, and triple jump.
She went on to attend Virginia Technology She set a school record of 55.81 in the 400 meter hurdles while placing third at the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship. Harrison placed second at the 400 meter hurdles at 2008 United States. Olympic Trials with a time of 54.60.
Harrison became the first track and field athlete from Virginia Technical to compete at the Olympics.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Harrison was eliminated in the 400 meter hurdles semifinals after finishing with a time of 55.88 seconds. She qualified to the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but did not make it out of the semi-final round.
At the 2012 Olympic trials, she narrowly missed qualifying for the finals in the shorter 100 meters hurdles. At 400 hurdles, was the slowest time qualifier into the semis-final round and ran even slower in that semi-final.
Since 2012, her IAAF profile shows no results in the longer race.
Instead she has focused her efforts into the shorter race. She finished second at the 2013 United States of America Outdoor Track and Field Championships setting her personal best at 12.43. That ranks her tied for the 16th best performer on the all-time list.
That qualified her to the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in the new event.
She finished fifth in the final.