Sharon Day-Monroe (néeDay; 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.[2] She was signed with ASICS as a professional.
She later improved upon her own school record for the high jump, clearing 6 feet, 4.75 inches in May 2008.[6] 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,[1] Day tallied 27 career goals and 14 assists in 79 appearances.[7]
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.[8]
Career personal bests (outdoor)
Event
Performance (Metric)
Ft.–Ins.
Location
Date
Heptathlon
6,550 points
Des Moines
June 21, 2013
200-metre dash
24.02 (+1.0 m/s)
Des Moines
June 20, 2013
800 metres
2:08.94
Moscow
August 16, 2013
100m hurdles
13.31 (+1.4 m/s)
Eugene
June 27, 2015
High jump
1.95
6–4.75
Northridge
May 17, 2008
Eugene
June 25, 2009
Long jump
6.15 (+1.7 m/s)
20–2.25
Walnut
April 20, 2012
Javelin throw
52.78
173–2
Pomona
June 2, 2018
Shot put
15.62
51–3
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
O O XO XO XXX
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.
Day-Monroe won the pentathlon by scoring 4,567 points.[9]
Event
Performance
English Conversion
Points
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 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 points[10]
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.[11]
Event
Performance
English Conversion
Points
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.[12]
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.[13] For her record performance, she was named USATF's Athlete of the Week.[14]
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.
^Branch, Eric (June 12, 2005). "High Point: Rising Above the Competition, Cal Poly's Sharon Day Captures the NCAA Women's High Jump Title". The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA). pp. C1.
^"Cal Poly Athletes of the Year: Day, Mendes Take Top Annual Mustang Honors". The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA). May 21, 2008. pp. S1.