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2015 - 2016 Player of the Year

National Boys Track & Field

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a picture of Michael Norman
BOYS TRACK & FIELD

Michael Norman

SPR
VISTA MURRIETA HS
MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-1
Press Release

Peak Performance

20.23 seconds

200-meter dash

45.51 seconds

400-meter dash
“Michael is the most talented high school track athlete I have ever seen. Coaches often use the cliché `practice every day to get better,' but Michael takes this to heart. Every week, every day, every moment he is on the track, he is doing everything he can to push himself to the highest level.”
David Olson
Head Coach
excellence star

Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-1, 167-pound senior won two individual state titles and anchored two first-place relays at the state meet this past season, leading the Broncos to the state championship as a team. The returning Gatorade National Boys Track and Field Athlete of

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Academic Achievement

Norman has maintained a 3.61 GPA in the classroom.

first place ribbon

Exemplary Character

A member of his school's Do Good Things community service club, he has volunteered on behalf of the Special Olympics, St. Martha's Food and Pantry for the needy and the Temecula Time Machine track club's youth program. He has also donated his time as part