06th Feburary 2010
Levern wins silver in Austria

St. Lucia and the region’s premiere high jumper Levern Spencer placed second on Thursday 4th February 2010 as she continued her European indoor season tour. She was at the time competing at the Tips Arena in Austria.
Spencer who came into the meet nursing an injury which she sustained during her record equaling effort two days ago in Sweden cleared a mark of 1.85 metres which was good enough for a silver medal.
She traveled to Germany on Friday 5th February for her penultimate competition on this tour which takes place today Saturday 6th February. Her final competition will be on Wednesday 10th February 2010 in Stockholm Sweden.
Meanwhile, Spencer has been short listed amongst three other outstanding female athletes for the prestigious title of Senior Sportswoman for 2009, the other three individuals are Cricket – Maria David, Volleyball – Dania Hamilton, and the 2008 Beijing Olympian swimmer Danielle Beaubrun.
In 2009 Spencer excelled at all levels; she was the only athlete from Central America and the Caribbean Region to qualify for the World Championship in Germany. The sensational high jumper won 5 gold, one silver and one bronze medal with a memorable performance at the CAC Senior Track and Field Championship which was held in Cuba and successfully soared over the bar at 1.91 metres and established a new National Record. She is currently ranked number one in the Caribbean and in addition is ranked in the top twelve high jumpers in the world.