CONTINUING her good high-jump run for 2018, Saint Lucia’s multiple-times Sportswoman of the Year and Commonwealth Gold Medal Champion Levern Spencer will represent The Americas in this year’s IAAF Continental Cup, scheduled to take place on Saturday 8th to Sunday 9th September at the City Stadium in Ostrava -Vítkovice, Czech Republic.
The two-day event will be the first senior global track and field competition held in the Czech Republic.
The Americas, comprising the top athletes from North America, South America and the Caribbean, will compete against Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific.
In 2010, the Americas won the inaugural Continental Cup with Levern Spencer winning the bronze medal.
The 34-year-old Spencer is one of just nine women from the English-speaking Caribbean (out of a team totaling 34) and the only woman from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) on the team, along with two men, Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands and Anderson Peters of Grenada.
Spencer and McMaster were 2018 Commonwealth Games, Central American and Caribbean Games and North and Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Senior Championships gold medalists. Peters won his event at the NACAC meet, placed second at the CAC Games in Colombia, and third at the Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia.
On Friday 24th, the Americas’ Team was jointly announced by NACAC and the Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo (CONSUDATLE) and includes world pole vault champion Sam Kendricks, Olympic champions Ryan Crouser (shot put), Christian Taylor and CaterineIbarguen (triple jump), Jeff Henderson (long jump) and 100 m hurdles world record holder Kendra Harrison.
Athletes will be aiming to collect team points, individual prizes and the IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018 Trophy.