May. The boys season is about to run its course, and the girls will end a week later. No state in the country ends its track season earlier. Top 10 boys and girls teams.
College coaches say that's no coincidence.
Shutting down the season early, they claim, is bad business, robbing Georgia athletes of the chance at better performances and college opportunities. Everybody can find those top-notch kids. It's harder finding the next-best kids who may develop into something because they haven't had time to run in a lot of meets. I go to the Illinois state meet two weeks later, and you find it's much deeper in talent. Former Auburn coach Mel Rosen recalls a dramatic improvement in college by Stanley Floyd of Albany, who captured the NCAA 100-meter title as a freshman.