Track and field: One fine Day

SACRAMENTO - Costa Mesa High junior Sharon Day, who won the CIF

State Championship last week in the girls high jump, captured another

prestigious title Saturday night in the national Golden West Track and

Field Invitational at Sacramento State.

Day, who cleared a personal-best 5-feet-11 in the State Finals at

Cerritos College, went 5-10 to win the Golden West meet. She cleared 5-10

on her second attempt, but missed an attempt at 6-feet.

“Nobody else cleared 5-10. Everybody got out at 5-8,” said Day’s

father and coach, Eugene.

Sharon Day, still considering whether to compete in the Junior

Nationals at Stanford June 21-22, was not invited to the Golden West

Invitational last year.

The Golden West Invitational is in its 43rd year, and its past

includes athletes who have represented the United States in every Olympic

Games since 1964. The site, Sacramento State, was the same one used by

USA Track & Field for the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2000.