The 5-foot-2 senior broke the tape at the AHSAA Class 6A state meet this past season with a time of 17:47.0, winning by 28 seconds and leading the Patriots to second place as a team. Levering also finished 22nd at the RunningLane Championships in 17:48.3, the top performance by an Alabama girl. The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, she won 6 of her 11 starts last fall, including the Black & Gold Classic in a season-best 17:43.7.
Levering has maintained a weighted 4.28 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a written letter of athletic aid to run cross country and track at Penn State University this fall.
A tenor saxophone in the Homewood Patriot Marching Band, Levering has volunteered locally with Peer Helpers, which promotes drug and alcohol use prevention. She has also donated her time to multiple community service initiatives through her church and through the National Beta Club in addition to working with Best Buddies, mentoring special needs students.
