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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
Born	(1985-06-09) June 9, 1985 (age 40) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Heptathlon
University team	Cal Poly Mustangs
Club	ASICS
Team	USA
Turned pro	2008
Coached by	Jack Hoyt (2006–2015) Danny Williams (2014–2017) Les Courtemanche (2017–2018)
Retired	2018
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2008, 2012
Highest world ranking	5th (Heptathlon, 2013)
Personal best(s)	1st: 2005 NCAA Outdoor Championships (High Jump, Collegiate National Title) / U.S. Record-Holder, Indoor Pentathlon from 2014 to 2023
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  United States Pan American Junior Championships Gold 2003 Bridgetown High jump IAAF World Junior Championships Bronze 2004 Grosseto High jump

Sharon Day-Monroe (born June 9, 1985) is an American athlete. She is known for competing in track and field events like the heptathlon, pentathlon, and high jump.

Sharon has won many national championships. She was the national heptathlon champion in 2011, 2013, and 2014. She also won the national indoor pentathlon championship four times in a row, from 2012 to 2015. Sharon was part of Team USA at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. From 2014 to 2023, she held the U.S. national record for the pentathlon score.

Early Life and High Jump Success

Sharon Day-Monroe first became very good at the high jump. When she was a junior athlete, she won a gold medal in the high jump at the 2003 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in 2003. The next year, in 2004, she won a bronze medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics. She cleared a height of 1.91 meters (about 6 feet, 3 inches) in that competition.

While attending Costa Mesa High School, Sharon won the CIF California State Meet high jump championship two years in a row. Her father, Eugene Day, was her high jump coach. Her mother, Yolanda Day, and her sister, Jasmin Day, were also talented high jumpers.

College Sports Career

Sharon went to Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. In 2005, she won the NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship in the high jump. She set a new school record at that time, clearing 6 feet, 4 inches.

She later broke her own school record in the high jump in 2008, jumping 6 feet, 4.75 inches. Sharon Day-Monroe also holds the school record for the heptathlon. She started competing in the heptathlon later in her college career. Before that, she was also a great soccer player for the Cal Poly Mustangs. From 2003 to 2005 and again in 2007, she scored 27 goals and made 14 assists in 79 games as a forward.

In 2005, Sharon had a foot injury that needed two surgeries and a year of recovery. Her coach, Jack Hoyt, taught her all the heptathlon events except the high jump. Before 2007, she had not competed in events like the long jump, hurdles, shot put, javelin, 200 meters, or 800 meters. She trained for these events after her soccer season ended.

Top Performances in Athletics

Here are Sharon Day-Monroe's best outdoor performances in different events:

Professional Career Highlights

Early Professional Competitions

In 2007, Sharon won a silver medal in the high jump at the U.S. Outdoor Championship. She cleared 1.89 meters (about 6 feet, 2 inches). The next year, in 2008, she earned a bronze medal in the high jump at the U.S. Outdoor Championship, jumping 1.91 meters (about 6 feet, 3 inches).

Olympic and World Championship Appearances

Sharon competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She high-jumped 1.85 meters, finishing 24th in the qualifying round.

In 2009, she earned a silver medal at the U.S. Outdoor Championship, scoring 6,177 points. Later that year, at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, she competed in both the high jump and the heptathlon. She finished 10th in the heptathlon, being the top American athlete in that event.

Sharon won another silver medal at the 2010 U.S. Outdoor Championships. In 2011, she won the heptathlon at the U.S. Outdoor Championships with 6,058 points. She then placed 18th at the 2011 World Championships in South Korea.

2012 Olympic Year

In 2012, Sharon won the pentathlon at the U.S. Indoor Championships. She scored 4,567 points.

At the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, Sharon achieved the "A" standard needed to qualify for the Olympics. She won a silver medal with 6,343 points. She then competed in the 2012 Olympics in London, finishing 16th in the heptathlon with 6,232 points.

Continued Success and American Record

In 2013, Sharon won the pentathlon at the USA Indoor Championships for the second year in a row. She scored 4,478 points.

She also won the heptathlon at the 2013 USA Outdoor Championships with 6,550 points. At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, she finished sixth in the heptathlon.

In 2014, Sharon Day-Monroe set a new American record in the pentathlon at the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships. She scored 4,805 points, which was her third national indoor championship win in a row. This record stood until 2023. For this amazing performance, she was named USATF's Athlete of the Week.

She also won the heptathlon at the 2014 USATF Outdoor Championship with 6,470 points.

Later Career Competitions

In 2015, Sharon won her fourth straight pentathlon title at the USA Indoor Championships, scoring 4,654 points.

She was the runner-up in the heptathlon at the 2015 USATF Outdoor Championship with 6,458 points.

At the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, she finished 14th in the heptathlon.

In 2016, Sharon finished fourth in the heptathlon at the United States Olympic Trials.

In 2017, she earned a silver medal in the pentathlon at the 2017 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.