Compiled by Dennis Semrau
Year: senior.
Sports: cross country, track & field.
Fast facts: Ayala will earn four varsity letters in track and field as a middle distance runner. He is competing in the 800- and 1,600-meter runs and the 1,600 and 3,200 relays. He won the 800 at the city meet on May 9. He recorded his personal best of 1 minute, 59 seconds in the 800 in winning the Sauk Prairie regional as a junior. He was fourth in the Division 1 sectional meet in the 800 as a junior. Ayala was a three-time letterwinner in cross country. He served as a co-captain in cross country as a senior when he recorded the second-fastest time on the team - 17:10 - for the 5,000-meter race.
Cumulative grade-point average: 3.8.
Favorite subject: Spanish.
Quick quote: "Competing in sports has taught me how to work hard and do my best."
Three words to describe me are: outgoing, charismatic, diligent.
How I got started in sports: I first started wrestling in first grade and competing in cross country and track and field as a freshman.
I wish I could play: tennis.
My most memorable moment in sports was: winning my 800-meter race at regionals my junior year and breaking my goal of 2 minutes.
I enjoy high school sports because: my teams have the best friends that anyone could ever want.
I enjoy running because: it is a positive escape that relieves stress.
Advice: "Do your best in sports but get off to a good start in school and maintain it."
My role models are: my track coach, Casey Hopp, and my mom, Juanita.
The rest of my immediate family includes: brothers Tony, Jake and Alex, and sisters Allyssa and Angela.
Favorite movies: "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind," "Orange County," and "The Graduate."
Favorite sports to watch on TV: tennis, curling.
Favorite food: pizza.
Words to live by: "And in the end it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years."
Favorite opponent: Madison West.
Favorite place to visit: my grandmother's house in Racine.
I want to visit: Rome.
I listen to: whatever is on my iPod.
Favorite fast food: Qdoba.
I drive: a 1999 Dodge Durango.
I like Madison Memorial High School because: the staff and students see to it that there is never a boring day.
My nicknames are: Jesse, Jesus, Zeus.
I like to read: "The Great Gatsby."
I wish I could change: budget cuts in the school system.
I wish I could meet: Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar or Pocahontas.
My perfect day would be: any day that I go to bed happy and stress-free.
I can't live without: my chicken queso burrito from Qdoba.
This and that: member of National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society...served as class president as a junior and senior...Alternate Liaison to the Madison Metropolitan School District Board Of Education...Young Republicans treasurer...cast member in three school musicals including: "Kiss Me Kate," "Guys & Dolls" and "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying"...participated in Model United Nations ...member of Memorial Mileage Club... volunteer for the Bush/Cheney 2004 Campaign, Mad-City Marathon and The Ironman Wisconsin Triathlon...recognized by his peers as having the "Most Memorable Spartan Spirit"...hobbies include hiking and swimming at Devil's Lake.
Post-high school plans: attend UW-Madison to study political science and Spanish.
Career: I haven't decided on one yet, but I am told that the perfect job will find me eventually.
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