Sharon Day-Monroe

Sharon Day-Monroe

Sharon Day-Monroe at the 2015 Sam Adams Multi-Event Meet at Westmont College in Montecito, California
Personal information
Birth name Sharon Day-Monroe
Born (1985-06-09) June 9, 1985
Costa Mesa, California
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Heptathlon
Turned pro 2008
Coached by Jack Hoyt
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 2008, 2012
Medal record
Women's athletics
Competitor for  United States
Pan American Junior Championships
2003 Bridgetown High jump
IAAF World Junior Championships
2004 Grosseto High jump
Updated on 18 February 2014.

Sharon Day-Monroe (born June 9, 1985) is an American heptathlete and high jumper. She is the 2011, 2013, and 2014 national heptathlon champion,[1] She is also the 2012-2015 national indoor pentathlon champion. She is the first athlete to win four consecutive national championships in the pentathlon.[2] As a junior athlete, she was the 2003 Pan American Junior champion in the high jump and the following year won the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships.

She has qualified for multiple international championships. At the 2008 Olympics she high jumped 1.85 to finish 24th in qualifying. At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin she competed in both the high jump, finishing 17th and the heptathlon finishing 10th as the top American finisher. In subsequent heptathlons, she finished 18th at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. She finished 16 at the 2012 Olympics in London. At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow she finished 6th.

Biography

Sharon Day originally excelled in the high jump. While at Costa Mesa High School she was the CIF California State Meet champion two years in a row, and was coached in the high jump by her father, Eugene Day. Day's mother, Yolanda Day, was an elite high jumper, and her sister, Jasmin Day, competed in the high jump for the University of Arizona.[3] While winning during her junior year, she defeated senior Chaunte Howard,[4] who has gone on to become the current American record holder.

In 2003, she won the high jump at the Pan American Junior Championships in the high jump, again defeating Howard. In 2004, she won the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships, which she qualified for by winning the USA National Junior Championships.[5]

Day attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo where she won the 2005 NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship while setting the school record in the high jump. She since improved upon the record and also holds the school record in the heptathlon, which she attempted at the end of her college career, after also being a standout soccer player in the fall. Day also suffered a plant foot fracture in 2005 that required two surgeries and a year of rehabilitation. All of the heptathlon events except the high jump were taught to Day by her coach, Jack Hoyt. Day had not competed in the long jump, hurdles, shot put, javelin, 200 meters, or 800 meters prior to Spring 2007. She trained for these events after her soccer season.[6]

While winning the Sam Adams Multi-Event meet at Westmont College in Montecito, California, Day achieved the "A" standard for the 2012 Olympics.

Day has been signed with ASICS since she graduated from college in 2008, for competition in both the high jump and heptathlon. She currently trains at UCLA with her coach, Jack Hoyt, and is a volunteer assistant with the UCLA team. On September 1, 2013 she married to Dan Monroe, a Cal Poly alum and basketball coach.[7] Day is 5' 9" tall.

Event Mark Wind (m/s) Points
100 hurdles 13.51 -0.2 1049 points
High Jump 1.83 1016 points
Shot Put 14.35 817 points
200 meters 24.28 0.0 954 points
Long Jump 5.79 +0.9 786 points
Javelin 47.17 805 points
800 meters 2:08.94 980 points

Personal bests (outdoor)

Event Performance Location Date
Heptathlon 6550 Des Moines 06-21-2013
200 metres 24.02 (+1.0 m/s) Des Moines 06-20-2013
800 metres 2:08.94 Moscow08-16-2013
100 metres hurdles 13.42 (+0.9 m/s) Sacramento 06-27-2014
High jump 1.95 Northridge 05-17-2008
Eugene 06-25-2009
Long jump 6.11 (1.3 m/s) Eugene 06-30-2012
Javelin throw 47.38 Des Moines 06-21-2013
Shot put 15.45 Sacramento 06-26-2014

Last updated 4 April 2015.

2004 World Junior Championships

Sharon Day earned a bronze medal in the high jump at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics clearing 1.91 meters.[8]

2005 NCAA Outdoor Championship

In June 2005, Day won the women's NCAA national outdoor-season high jump title for Cal Poly, with a clearance of 6-4.

2007 Outdoor championship

Sharon earned silver medal in the high jump clearing 1.89m 6-02.25 [9]

2008 US Outdoor championship

Sharon earned bronze medal in the high jump clearing 1.91m 6-03.25.[10]

    1.79 1.84 1.89 1.91 1.93
       O    O   XO   XO  XXX

2008 Beijing Olympics

Sharon Day-Monroe placed 24th in the high jump clearing a height of 1.85 meters[11] at Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

2009 US Outdoor championship

Sharon earned silver medal scoring 6177 points.[12]

2009 World Championship

Sharon Day-Monroe placed 10th in the 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon scoring 6126 points, after Jessica Ennis of Great Britain won gold scoring 6731 points, Jennifer Oeser of Germany with silver scoring 6493 points and Kamila Chudzik of Poland with bronze scoring 6471 points.

2010 US Outdoor championships

Sharon won the silver scoring 6006 points.[13]

2011 US Outdoor championships

Sharon won the heptathlon scoring 6058 points.[14]

2011 World Championship

Sharon Day, placed 18th in the 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon scoring 6043 points, after Tatyana Chernova of Russia won gold with (6880 points), Jessica Ennis of Great Britain with silver (6751 points) and Jennifer Oeser of Germany with bronze (6572 points).

2012 Indoor Championships

Sharon won the Pentathlon scoring 4567 points.

Event Performance English Conversion Points
60m hurdles 8.46 1026
High Jump 1.85m 6-00.75 1041
Shot Put 13.29m 43-07 ¼ 747
Long Jump 5.89m 19-04 816
800m 2:11.89 937

[15]

2012 US Olympic Trials

Sharon won the silver with 6343 points[16]

2012 London Olympics

Former Cal Poly All-American, Sharon Day, finished 16th in the heptathlon at 2012 London Olympics on Saturday with (6232 points). Jessica Ennis of Great Britain won the gold with 6955 points followed by Lilli Schwarzkopf of Germany with the silver (6649 points) and Russia's Tatyana Chernova with the bronze (6628 points).

2013 USA Indoor championships

Sharon Day-Monroe won the Pentathlon for the second consecutive year scoring 4478 points.

Event Performance English Conversion Points
60m hurdles 8.57 1002
High Jump 1.82m 5-11 ½ 1003
Shot Put 15.07m 49-5 ½ 866
Long Jump 5.82m 19-1 ¼ 795
800m 2:20.86 812

[17]

2013 USA Outdoor championships

Sharon won heptathlon with 6550 points. [18]

2013 Moscow World Championships

Day finished 6th in the Heptathlon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics scoring 6407 points. Hanna Melnychenko of Ukraine won the gold (6586 points), Canada's Brianne Theisen-Eaton with the silver (6530 points) and Netherlands' Dafne Schippers with the bronze (6477 points).

2014 USATF Indoor Championship and American Record

Former two-time Cal Poly Women's Student-Athlete of the Year Sharon Day-Monroe broke the American pentathlon record on Friday afternoon at the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships in the Albuquerque Convention Center. It was the third consecutive national indoor championship for Day-Monroe, who finished with a score of 4,805. Day-Monroe's total was 238 points ahead of her previous career best, and eclipsed the old record — which had been shared by DeDee Nathan (set March 5, 1999) and Hyleas Fountain (tied March 10, 2013) — by a margin of 52. Day-Monroe will represent USA at the world indoor championships in Sopot, Poland.

Day-Monroe set a personal best of 8.44-second time in the 60-meter hurdles, then cleared 1.88 meters (or 6 feet, 2 inches) to win the high jump, and proceeded to put forth marks of 15.59 meters (or 51-1.75) in the shot put and 6.09 meters (or 19-11.75) in the long jump to put herself in solid position to claim the record. Needing a time of 2:16.87 in the 800 meters, Day-Monroe closed by finishing at 2:13.19.[19] For her record performance, she was named USATF "Athlete of the Week.".[20]

Her mark was the World Leading performance of 2014 until the World Indoor Championships, where it was surpassed by Nadine Broersen. Day-Monroe finished with 4718 points including a field leading 2:09.80 800 meters, just six points out of a podium position.

Event Mark Points
2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
60 hurdles 8.43 1032 points
High Jump 1.84 1029 points
Shot Put 14.95 858 points
Long Jump 5.94 831 points
800 meters 2:09.80 968 points

2014 USATF Outdoor Championship

Sharon won the heptathlon with 6470 points.

Event Performance Wind English conversion Points
100 meters hurdles 13.42 0.9 1062
High Jump 1.84m 6-00.50 1029
Shot Put 15.45m 50-08.25 891
200 meters 24.40 2.6 943
Long Jump 5.85m 1.8 19-02.50 804
Javelin 46.84m 153-08 799
800 meters 2:11.54 942

[21]

2015 USA Indoor championships

Sharon Day-Monroe won the Pentathlon scoring 4654 points.[22] Sharon's fourth consecutive indoor championship.

Event Performance English Conversion Points
60m hurdles 8.56 1004
High Jump 1.83m 6-0 1016
Shot Put 15.41m 50-6 ¾ 888
Long Jump 5.94m 19-6 831
800m 2:13.45 915
4654 points

[23]

2015 USATF Outdoor Championship

Sharon was runner up to Barbara Nwaba in the heptathlon with 6458 points.[24]

Event Performance Wind English conversion Points
100 meters hurdles 13.31 1.4 1078
High Jump 1.76m 5-09.25 928
Shot Put 15.45m 50-08.25 891
200 meters 24.32 0.7 950
Long Jump 6.05m 0.9 19-10.25 865
Javelin 44.90m 147-04 762
800 meters 2:09.41 973

[25]

2015 Beijing World Championships

Day placed 14th in the Heptathlon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics with 6246 Points.[26]

Event Points Performance Wind
100 Metres Hurdles Points: 1062 Mark: 13.42 Wind m/s: -0.7
High Jump Points: 941 Mark: 1.77 Wind m/s:
Shot Put Points: 851 Mark: 14.85 Wind m/s:
200 Metres Points: 882 Mark: 25.05 Wind m/s: -1.3
Long Jump Points: 786 Mark: 5.79 Wind m/s: +1.0
Javelin Throw Points: 783 Mark: 46.02 Wind m/s:
800 Metres Points: 941 Mark: 2:11.61 Wind m/s:

References

  1. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAOutdoorTF/women/wHep.asp
  2. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/News/Day-Monroe-rewrites-record-books-on-Day-One-of-USA.aspx
  3. ↑ http://archive.dyestatcal.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/2003/stat_res.htm
  4. ↑ http://archive.dyestatcal.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/2002/statmeet.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAJuniorOutdoorTF/women/wHJ.asp
  6. ↑ http://www.gopoly.com/sports/track/CPTop10.pdf
  7. ↑ http://monroeday.ourwedding.com/
  8. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-junior-championships/2004/10th-iaaf-world-junior-championships-3229/women/high-jump/final/result
  9. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/events/2007/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/results/fullResults_open.asp
  10. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-TF/results/fullResults.asp
  11. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/results/olympic-games/2008/the-xxix-olympic-games-3659/women/high-jump/qualification/result
  12. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/events/2009/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/results.asp
  13. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/events/2010/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/results/completeresults.asp
  14. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/events/2011/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/results/40.asp
  15. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/usatf/files/74/74650c98-fd31-4c39-a7b4-13b1d941d9ed.pdf
  16. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2012/U-S--Olympic-Team-Trials-TF/Results.aspx
  17. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2013/USATFCS/Events/USA-Indoor-Track---Field-Championships/Results.aspx
  18. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2013/USATFCS/Events/USA-Outdoor-Track---Field-Championships/Results---Full.aspx
  19. ↑ http://gopoly.com/sports/track/2013-14/releases/20140221th6ovq
  20. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/News/1099.aspx
  21. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2014/USATF-Outdoor-Championships/Complete-Results.aspx
  22. ↑ http://www.flashresults.com/2015_Meets/Indoor/02-27_USA/042_Scores.htm
  23. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2015/USATF-Indoor-Track---Field-Championships.aspx
  24. ↑ http://www.gopoly.com/sports/track/2014-15/releases/20150628gufs0f
  25. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2015/USATF-Outdoor-Championships/Results-by-Day/Results-FULL.aspx
  26. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/results/women/heptathlon/800-metres/points

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