Ladue's Samantha Levin Continues to Pile Up the Medals

Ladue graduate and middle distance sensation Samantha Levin continues to burn up the tracks across America this summer. Both Levin and her teammate Montenae Roy-Speight will be freshmen at LSU next month.

In the meantime, Levin ran a sizzling 2:07.35 to capture the bronze and third place at the USA Junior Outdoor championships in Eugene, Oregon in June. The winning time by a collegiate runner was 2:06.37.

Levin had a bronze medal performance as well at the redent IAAF Junior Pan-American Games in Miramar, FL. There, she captured third in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:07.68.

Obviously, Levin has her sites on the International Olympics in London in 2012.

This spring, she set the Missouri Class 4 record in Jefferson City with a time of 2:06.74 in the 800 yard dash, recording her third-straight state title in that event.

That performance ranks Levin as the No. 5 best high school 800 meter runner in the nation. She won the 800 meter title at the 36th annual Great Southwest Track & Field Classic at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and teamed with Roy-Speight and Kendra White in winning the 4 X 400 meter relay in the final.

Levin led Ladue to three straight Class 4 state titles in the 4 X 400 meter relay from 2009-11 and anchored Ladue's mile relay team which set a state record of 3:48.00 in her final event of her high school career.