Queen Harrison
This celebrity goo was created by player Chris Lemler.
Scott Hardie replaced the difficulty, made minor changes to the clue, and made major changes to the explanation provided by Chris.
publication date: Monday, October 4, 2021 (part of Fall 2021)
category: 
Sports
clue: This upstate New Yorker might be able to capture the king. but putting him in checkmate might not be that easy unless she was running and jumping over hurdles and finishing in 55.88 several Olympics ago.
explanation: Queen Harrison is an American hurdler and sprinter who competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Harrison was eliminated in the 400 meter hurdles semifinals after finishing with a time of 55.88 seconds. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Denise Sawicki, Erik Bates, and Scott Horowitz
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