University of Arizona Athletics

Jasmin Day

Class: Senior Hometown: Costa Mesa, Calif. High School: Costa Mesa High School

Height: 5-9 Event: Jumps Birthdate: 03/09/1988

ARIZONA

2009: Continued the two-headed monster that is the UA high jumping squad...Day qualified for the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships last season...Earned All-Conference and honors indoors and outdoors, and All-Region accolades outdoors......Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in a dramatic jump-off at the regional meet to take the final automatic qualifying spot as she cleared a season's best 1.80m (5-10 ¾) 2008: Had a very successful indoor and outdoor season as part of the UA's incredible high jumping duo of Day and fellow sophomore, Liz Patterson...Day earned All-American honors in both the indoor and outdoor seasons..Placed 6^th at the NCAA Indoor National Championships with an indoor personal record of 1.83m (6-0)...Placed 7^th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a mark of 1.80m (5-10 ¾)...Had a personal best jump of 1.84m at the Arizona Jim Click Shootout...Named a captain for the 2009 team...2007: Had a very successful freshman year for the Wildcats in the high jump...She had a season's best clearance and a first place finish at the Willie Williams Classic with her clearance of 1.80m (5-10)...She also cleared 1.78m (5-9) for her best indoor clearance of the season.

HIGH SCHOOL

Costa Mesa High School, Costa Mesa, Calif.: Earned 12 varsity letters in high school in track & field (four), soccer (four), cross country (three) and volleyball (one)...California State Champion in the high jump her senior year...Track & field team captain and most valuable athlete in 2005 and 2006...First team All-Golden West League and all-district selection all four years of high school...All-state honoree in 2004, 2005 and 2006...Placed third at the 2005 Junior National Championship Meet in the high jump after placing second at the California state meet in the same event.

PERSONAL

Jasmin Alexis Day ... Born 3-9-88, in Los Angeles, Calif. ... Daughter of Eugene and Yolanda Gibson-Day ... Has one brother, Louis, and one sister, Sharon ... Her sister, Sharon, competesas a professional high jumper for ASICS and particpated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics... Enjoys soccer, volleyball and longboarding in her spare time ... Academic area of interest is physiological sciences.