Michelle, now 16, was born with cerebral palsy, which has left her with limited balance and movement on her right side, including limited to no mobility in her right arm. Simple things, like tying shoes and putting her hair up, become daunting.
Read MoreBoth Boys and Girls Off Season Camps are online and ready for sign ups.
Chris Doerr - Pole Vault
Sean Lee - High Jump
Cameron Hurd - 110H and 300H
Boys 4x400 Team - Noah Strenn, Jake Cuero, Cameron Hurd, Noah Styffe, Nick Gurnard
The Register’s All-County team is selected based on several factors, including an athlete’s performance in invitationals, league finals and postseason meets, with added significance given to the CIF-SS Finals, Masters Meet and CIF State Finals.
By ANDREW TURNER
As he entered his third year as Trabuco Hills’ boys track and field coach, JT Ayers saw the upcoming season as a crucial one.
He had planned for it to take three years to guide the program and its athletes to where he thought they needed to be.
Ayers got the results he wanted, which included winning the South Coast League title.
For his efforts, Ayers has been selected by the Register as the Orange County boys track and field coach of the year.
“My purpose is to invest in young men and make them great leaders,” Ayers said. “I want to see them leave Trabuco Hills High School as disciplined young men and have a purpose.
“We spend a lot time talking about purpose, about values, and about things that they do that make them men.”
Ayers met with the team’s captains on a weekly basis for what he described as “intense leadership training.”
“Those kids led the team,” Ayers said. “The 2016 team was led by their captains.”
Two of those captains were county-leading hurdler Cameron Hurd(Navy) and pole vaulter Chris Doerr (Air Force), who signed with military academies.
To capture the South Coast League title, the top-ranked Mustangs had to beat out two other county powerhouses, Dana Hills and Mission Viejo.
“I have very impressionable kids,” Ayers said. “The athletes wanted to learn. We had a team full of great young men. I just gave them opportunities, and all the success belongs to them.”
Off-Season Girls Track Camp
August 1-25, Monday-Tuesday-Thursday, 6:30-8:30am. $30.00, for Sprinters, Long-Triple Jump, and Hurdles.
Congratulations to Coach Ayers for being named the 2016 Orange County Boys Track Coach of the Year.
Sean Lee in OC Register
CLOVIS – Followers of track and field knew from the first month of the season that Trabuco Hills’ Sean Lee was a state title contender.
The frustrating thing for fans was that they rarely got to see the sophomore high jumper’s full arsenal. He conquered the 7-foot bar twice in March, never to be seen again.
That was until Saturday night.
Lee placed third after matching the winning clearance of 7 feet in the high jump final of the CIF State Track and Field Championships at Buchanan High.
Lee went without a miss until reaching the 7-foot height, which he cleared on his second attempt. That was the difference.
Mustangs coach JT Ayers praised Lee’s mental preparation, stressing that misses mean as much as clearances in the state meet.
“Sean was prepared to clear … every height,” Ayers said. “He knew that he needed to compete against himself because he was his best advocate and also his worst enemy.
“At the very end, there were three guys over 7 feet, and one more make over 7-2 would have made him the state champion.”
