Sharon Day-Monroe

{{Infobox sportsperson

| image = File:Sharon Day SP.jpg

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| caption = Sharon Day-Monroe at the 2015 Sam Adams Multi-Event Meet at Westmont College in Montecito, California

| birth_name = Sharon Day

| nationality =

| national_team = United States

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|6|9}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| residence =

| height = {{height|m=1.75}}

| weight = {{convert|73|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| country = {{USA}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = Heptathlon

| universityteam = Cal Poly Mustangs

| club = ASICS

| team = USA

| turnedpro = 2008

| coach = Jack Hoyt (2006–2015)

Danny Williams (2014–2017)

Les Courtemanche (2017–2018)

| retired = 2018

| worlds =

| regionals =

| nationals =

| olympics = 2008, 2012

| highestranking = 5th (Heptathlon, 2013)

| pb = 1st: 2005 NCAA Outdoor Championships (High Jump, Collegiate National Title) /

U.S. Record-Holder, Indoor Pentathlon from 2014 to 2023

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}

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Sharon Day-Monroe ({{nee|Day}}; born June 9, 1985) is an American heptathlete, pentathlete and high jumper. She is the 2011, 2013, and 2014 national heptathlon champion.

Day-Monroe was also the 2012–2015 national indoor pentathlon champion, a two-time Olympian (part of Team USA in 2008 and 2012), held the U.S. national pentathlon scoring record from 2014 until 2023, and is the first athlete to win four consecutive national championships in the pentathlon.{{Cite news |last=Block |first=Melissa |date=July 6, 2016 |title=For Heptathlete Sharon Day-Monroe, It's 7 Events With Just One Goal |work=NPR}} She was signed with ASICS as a professional.

Early life

Day originally excelled in the high jump. As a junior athlete, she was the 2003 Pan American Junior champion in the high jump, and in 2004, she won the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships, clearing 1.91 meters.{{cite web |title=High Jump Result {{!}} 10th IAAF World Junior Championships |url=http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-junior-championships/2004/10th-iaaf-world-junior-championships-3229/women/high-jump/final/result}}{{cite web |title=USA Track & Field - HJ |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAJuniorOutdoorTF/women/wHJ.asp |access-date=2022-08-26 |publisher=Legacy.usatf.org}}

While at Costa Mesa High School she was the CIF California State Meet champion two years in a row,http://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/2002/statmeet.htm {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}http://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/2003/stat_res.htm {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} and was coached in the high jump by her father, Eugene Day.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} Day's mother, Yolanda Day, was also an elite high jumper,{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} and her sister, Jasmin Day, competed in the high jump for the University of Arizona.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} During her junior year, she defeated senior Chaunte Howard.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Collegiate records and championships

Day attended Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, where she won the 2005 NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship while setting the then-school record in the high jump at the time, with a clearance of 6–4.{{Cite news |last=Branch |first=Eric |date=June 12, 2005 |title=High Point: Rising Above the Competition, Cal Poly's Sharon Day Captures the NCAA Women's High Jump Title |pages=C1 |work=The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA)}}

She later improved upon her own school record for the high jump, clearing 6 feet, 4.75 inches in May 2008.{{Cite news |date=May 21, 2008 |title=Cal Poly Athletes of the Year: Day, Mendes Take Top Annual Mustang Honors |pages=S1 |work=The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA)}} Day-Monroe 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. As a forward in soccer for the Mustangs from 2003 to 2005 and 2007,{{cite web |url=http://www.gopoly.com/soccer/womens/bios/day.html |title=Sharon Day |publisher=Cal Poly Mustangs |access-date=April 13, 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510114048/http://www.gopoly.com/soccer/womens/bios/day.html |archive-date=May 10, 2006}} Day tallied 27 career goals and 14 assists in 79 appearances.{{cite web |url=https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/gopoly.com/documents/2022/7/7/2022CPWomensSoccerRecordBook.pdf |title=2022 Cal Poly Women's Soccer History and Record Book |publisher=Cal Poly Mustangs |date=July 7, 2022 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413232348/https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/gopoly.com/documents/2022/7/7/2022CPWomensSoccerRecordBook.pdf |archive-date=April 13, 2023}}

Day 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, but she trained for these events after her soccer season.{{cite web |url=http://www.gopoly.com/sports/track/CPTop10.pdf |title=Cal Poly |access-date=2012-04-03 |archive-date=2014-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222155811/http://www.gopoly.com/sports/track/CPTop10.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Career personal bests (outdoor)

class="wikitable" \|
Event ! Performance (Metric) !Ft.–Ins. ! Location ! Date
Heptathlon \| align="right" \| 6,550 points \| \|\| align="right" \| Des Moines \|\| June 21, 2013
200-metre dash \| align="right" \| 24.02 (+1.0 m/s) \| \|\| align="right" \| Des Moines \|\| June 20, 2013
800 metres \| align="right" \| 2:08.94 \| \|\| align="right" \| Moscow\|\|August 16, 2013
100m hurdles \| align="right" \| 13.31 (+1.4 m/s) \| \|\| align="right" \| Eugene \|\|June 27, 2015
rowspan="2" \| High jump \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;" \| 1.95 \| rowspan="2" \|6–4.75\|\| align="right" \| Northridge \|\| May 17, 2008
align=right \| Eugene	June 25, 2009
Long jump \| align="right" \| 6.15 (+1.7 m/s) \|20–2.25\|\| align="right" \| Walnut \|\| April 20, 2012
Javelin throw \| align="right" \| 52.78 \|173–2\|\| align="right" \| Pomona \|\| June 2, 2018
Shot put \| align="right" \| 15.62 \|51–3\|\| align="right" \| Eugene \|\| June 27, 2015

class="wikitable" |

Event

! Performance (Metric)

!Ft.–Ins.

! Location

! Date

Heptathlon

| align="right" | 6,550 points

| || align="right" | Des Moines || June 21, 2013

200-metre dash

| align="right" | 24.02 (+1.0 m/s)

| || align="right" | Des Moines || June 20, 2013

800 metres

| align="right" | 2:08.94

| || align="right" | Moscow||August 16, 2013

100m hurdles

| align="right" | 13.31 (+1.4 m/s)

| || align="right" | Eugene ||June 27, 2015

rowspan="2" | High jump

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | 1.95

| rowspan="2" |6–4.75|| align="right" | Northridge || May 17, 2008

align=right | Eugene

June 25, 2009

Long jump

| align="right" | 6.15 (+1.7 m/s)

|20–2.25|| align="right" | Walnut || April 20, 2012

Javelin throw

| align="right" | 52.78

|173–2|| align="right" | Pomona || June 2, 2018

Shot put

| align="right" | 15.62

|51–3|| align="right" | Eugene || June 27, 2015

Professional national and global events

= 2007 Outdoor championship =

Day-Monroe earned a silver medal in the high jump, clearing 1.89m (or 6–2.25).

= 2008 U.S. Outdoor championship =

She earned the bronze medal in the high jump, clearing 1.91m (6–3.25).

1.79 1.84 1.89 1.91 1.93

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= 2008 Beijing Olympics =

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she high-jumped 1.85m to finish 24th in qualifying.

= 2009 U.S. Outdoor championship =

Day-Monroe earned a silver medal, scoring 6,177 points.

= 2009 World Championship =

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 (scoring 6,126 points).

= 2010 U.S. Outdoor championships =

Day-Monroe won the silver, scoring 6,006 points.

= 2011 U.S. Outdoor championships =

Day-Monroe won the heptathlon by scoring 6,058 points.

= 2011 World Championship =

She finished 18th at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea while scoring 6,043 points.

= 2012 Indoor Championships =

Day-Monroe won the pentathlon by scoring 4,567 points.http://www.legacy.usatf.org/usatf/files/74/74650c98-fd31-4c39-a7b4-13b1d941d9ed.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

Event	Performance	English Conversion	Points
class="wikitable"
60m hurdles	8.46		1,026
High Jump	1.85m	6-00.75	1,041
Shot Put	13.29m	43-07 ¼	747
Long Jump	5.89m	19-04	816
800m	2:11.89		937

= 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials =

Day-Monroe trained at the time with then-UCLA coach Jack Hoyt, and volunteered as an assistant coach with the UCLA team. While winning the [http://www.independent.com/news/2010/jan/14/sam-adams-1931-2010/ Sam Adams] Multi-Event meet at Westmont College in Montecito, California, Day achieved the "A" standard for the 2012 Olympics. She won the silver with 6,343 pointshttp://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2012/U-S--Olympic-Team-Trials-TF/Results.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219082058/http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2012/U-S--Olympic-Team-Trials-TF/Results.aspx |date=2019-12-19 }} {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}}

= 2012 London Olympics =

She finished 16th in the heptathlon at the 2012 Olympics in London, with 6,232 points.

= 2013 USA Indoor championships =

Day-Monroe won the pentathlon for the second consecutive year, scoring 4,478 points.http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2013/USATFCS/Events/USA-Indoor-Track---Field-Championships/Results.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220040800/http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2013/USATFCS/Events/USA-Indoor-Track---Field-Championships/Results.aspx |date=2019-12-20 }} {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}}

Event	Performance	English Conversion	Points
class="wikitable"
60m hurdles	8.57		1,002
High Jump	1.82m	5-11 ½	1,003
Shot Put	15.07m	49-5 ½	866
Long Jump	5.82m	19-1 ¼	795
800m	2:20.86		812

= 2013 USA Outdoor championships =

Day-Monroe won the heptathlon with 6,550 points.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2013/USATFCS/Events/USA-Outdoor-Track---Field-Championships/Results---Full.aspx |title=USA Track & Field - Results - Full |publisher=Legacy.usatf.org |access-date=2022-08-26 |archive-date=2016-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013052301/http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2013/USATFCS/Events/USA-Outdoor-Track---Field-Championships/Results---Full.aspx |url-status=dead }}

= 2013 Moscow World Championships =

At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, she finished sixth in the heptathlon, scoring 6,407 points.

= 2014 USATF Indoor Championship and American Record =

Day-Monroe broke the American pentathlon record 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. The national scoring record stood until 2023 when Anna Hall surpassed it.

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 on March 5, 1999) and Hyleas Fountain (tied on March 10, 2013), by a margin of 52 points. Day-Monroe set a personal best of 8.44 seconds 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 6.09m (19–11.75) in the long jump. Needing a time of 2:16.87 in the 800 meters to break the record, Day-Monroe closed by finishing in 2:13.19.{{cite web |url=http://gopoly.com/sports/track/2013-14/releases/20140221th6ovq |title=Former Cal Poly Star Day-Monroe Breaks American Record in Pentathlon - Cal Poly |access-date=2014-02-24 |archive-date=2014-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301064927/http://gopoly.com/sports/track/2013-14/releases/20140221th6ovq |url-status=dead }} For her record performance, she was named USATF's Athlete of the Week.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/News/1099.aspx |title=USA Track & Field - Sharon Day-Monroe named USATF Athlete of the Week |publisher=Legacy.usatf.org |date=2014-02-26 |access-date=2022-08-26}}

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 4,718 points at Worlds, including a field-leading 2:09.80 time in the 800m.

class="wikitable" \| ! Event	Mark	Points
2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
60 hurdles	8.43	align=right \| 1,032 points
High Jump	1.84	align=right \| 1,029 points
Shot Put	14.95	align=right \| 858 points
Long Jump	5.94	align=right \| 831 points
800 meters	2:09.80	align=right \| 968 points

= 2014 USATF Outdoor Championship =

Day-Monroe won the heptathlon with 6,470 points.{{cite web |title=Complete Results: 2014 USA Track & Field Championships - 6/25/2014 to 6/29/2014 |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2014/USATF-Outdoor-Championships/Complete-Results.aspx |work=USATF |access-date=2019-12-20 |archive-date=2016-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811174645/http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2014/USATF-Outdoor-Championships/Complete-Results.aspx |url-status=dead }}

Event \|\| Performance \|\| Wind \|\| English conversion \|\| Points
class="wikitable"
100 meters hurdles	13.42	0.9		1,062
High Jump	1.84m		6-00.50	1,029
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

= 2015 USA Indoor championships =

Day-Monroe won the pentathlon, her fourth consecutive indoor championship, in scoring 4,654 points.{{cite web|url=http://www.flashresults.com/2015_Meets/Indoor/02-27_USA/042_Scores.htm|title = Combined Event Summary Table}}{{cite web |date=2015-03-01 |title=USA Track & Field - USATF Indoor Track & Field Championships |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2015/USATF-Indoor-Track---Field-Championships.aspx |access-date=2022-08-26 |publisher=Legacy.usatf.org |archive-date=2022-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826024456/http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2015/USATF-Indoor-Track---Field-Championships.aspx |url-status=dead }}

Event	Performance	English Conversion	Points
class="wikitable"
60m hurdles	8.56		1,004
High Jump	1.83m	6-0	1,016
Shot Put	15.41m	50-6 ¾	888
Long Jump	5.94m	19-6	831
800m	2:13.45		915
4654 points

= 2015 USATF Outdoor Championship =

Day-Monroe was runner-up in the heptathlon with 6,458 points.{{cite web |url=http://www.gopoly.com/sports/track/2014-15/releases/20150628gufs0f |title=Day-Monroe Again Earns Team USA Roster Spot for World Championships - Cal Poly |access-date=2015-07-03 |archive-date=2015-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703140057/http://www.gopoly.com/sports/track/2014-15/releases/20150628gufs0f |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships results |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2015/USATF-Outdoor-Championships/Results-by-Day/Results-FULL.aspx |work=USATF |access-date=2019-12-20 |archive-date=2016-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005155325/http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2015/USATF-Outdoor-Championships/Results-by-Day/Results-FULL.aspx |url-status=dead }}

Event \|\| Performance \|\| Wind \|\| English conversion \|\| Points
class="wikitable"
100 meters hurdles	13.31	1.4		1,078
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

= 2015 Beijing World Championships =

She placed 14th in the heptathlon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, with 6,246 Points.{{cite web| url = http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/results/women/heptathlon/800-metres/points| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150823141641/http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/results/women/heptathlon/800-metres/points| archive-date = 2015-08-23| title = 800 Metres Points - 15th IAAF World Championships {{!}} iaaf.org}}

Event	Points	Performance	Wind
class="wikitable sortable"
100 Metres Hurdles	Points: 1,062	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:

= 2016 United States Olympic Trials =

Day-Monroe finished fourth in the heptathlon with 6,385 points.[http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2016/U-S--Olympic-Team-Trials---Track---Field/Results.aspx 2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715122625/http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2016/U-S--Olympic-Team-Trials---Track---Field/Results.aspx |date=2016-07-15 }} July 9–10, 2016.

Event \|\| Performance \|\| Wind \|\| English conversion \|\| Points
class="wikitable"
100 meters hurdles	13.60	-0.2		1,036
High Jump	1.81m		5–11.25	991
Shot Put	15.19m		49–10.0	874
200 meters	24.73	0.7		912
Long Jump	5.99m	2.4	19–08.00	846
Javelin	49.19m		161-05	844
800 meters	2:10.87			952

= 2017 Indoor Championships =

Day-Monroe earned a silver medal in the pentathlon, scoring 4,404 points at 2017 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.{{cite web |author=USATF |title=2017 United States Indoor Track and Field Championships Results |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/usatf/files/c8/c872ed93-10a9-4a02-94a0-fd6764ee9051.htm |access-date=May 1, 2017}}