Marcy Levine, a Brandywine High School graduate, was a national women’s collegiate gymnastics champion in a career where she led Penn State to three national championships. As a Penn State frosh in 1979, she won the floor exercise at the national AIAW collegiate championships for the national champion Nittany Lions.

As a sophomore in 1980, she placed third in floor exercise and fourth in the all-around competition in the AIAW nationals, a week after she won the balance beam, floor exercise and the all-around titles at the Eastern Regional championships. As a junior in 1981, she finished second in floor exercise and third in all-around competition at the Eastern Regionals but did not compete at the AIAW meet due to injuries.

As a senior in 1982, she finished 12th in the overall competition to pace Penn State’s third-place NCAA finish. She was among the three finalists for the sport’s America Award, for performance in gymnastics, scholarship and leadership.

At Brandywine, she was five times the state high school champion. In 10th grade, she qualified for the U.S. Masters Championships by finishing 18th in the U.S. Olympic Trials and a year later was among four girls selected by the U.S. Gymnastics Federation to compete internationally at the Sanlam Cup. As a senior, she won four events in the Eastern Regionals.

After completing her career at Penn State, she and her husband Tim Lucas established a gymnastics school in Winston-Salem, N.C.