Daily Pilot Athlete of the Month

Name: Sharon Day

Born: June 9, 1985

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY

Height: 5-foot-6 1/2

Weight: 125

Sport: Girls track and field

Events: High jump, 200, 400, 1,600 relay

Coach: John Carney and Eugene Day

Favorite food: Pepporini Pizza

Favorite movie: “Austin Powers”

Best athletic moment: “Jumping 5-9 last week at the Masters Meet.”

Athlete of the Month: Day, a freshman for Costa Mesa High, advanced to

the CIF State preliminaries following her performance at the Masters

Meet. Day, the Southern Section Division III champ in the event, jumped

5-9 at the Masters Meet, the second highest mark in the state and tied

for fourth highest in the nation.