Former Cal Poly track and field star and Beijing Olympian Sharon Day finished second in the heptathlon on Sunday advancing to the world championships in August.
Another former Mustang, Maggie Vessey, missed by one place and finished fourth in the women’s 800m final on the final day of competition at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon.
Needing a good showing in the heptathlon’s final event, the 800m, Day delivered a win and a personal-best score of 6,177, getting her the “A” qualifier mark to make the trip to Berlin in August.
Day entered the meet as the top seed after scoring 6,063 points at the inaugural America’s Combined Events Cup at the National Stadium in Havana, Cuba earlier this month. She would finish second to Diana Pickler’s 6,290 points.
Vessey fell just short of her attempt to make the trip to Berlin in the 800m final. Trailing most of the race, Vessey’s strong kick down the final straight moved her into contention. She missed out on a third place finish by less then a second, posting a time of 2:01.19 to Phoebe Wright’s third place time of 2:01.12.