IRVINE University tennis star Gage Brymer and Santa Margarita pole vaulter Kaitlyn Merritt were announced as Orange County's 2012-13 athletes of the year Wednesday at the Orange County Register/OCVarsity Athlete and Coach of the Year awards....

Click through the slideshow to see the 2012-13 overall athletes of the year, plus the athletes and coaches of the year for every sport.

BOYS TRACK CO-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Juan Gonzalez, El Toro
Read about Gonzalez.
BOYS TRACK CO-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Marty Taylor, Newport Harbor
Read about Taylor.
BOYS TRACK COACH OF THE YEAR
J.T. Ayers, Orange Lutheran
Read about Ayers.
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El Toro senior Juan Gonzalez has crafted a running career filled with success while maintaining an outward appearance of serenity.
Yet beneath the external expression of calm, Gonzalez was fueled to achieve at an elite level by a competitive will...

Marty Taylor entered the season with two strong legacies to build on. He had two older siblings who previously starred for Newport Harbor's storied throwing program, and he was following the county's 2012 track and field athlete of the year at the...

Throughout the boys track and field season, Orange Lutheran coach J.T. Ayers spoke to his team about how individual achievement should be seen as being part of something bigger.
Ayers, who led the Lancers program to new heights this season, has been...