State was held April 27 at Fort Valley State.

Results from May 3, 1968 Rome News-Tribune and May 2, 1968 Lyons Progress

Team results

1st - Lyons Industrial, 37 points
2nd - Georgia School for the Deaf, 30

Notes

Partial results.

Georgia School for the Deaf operated on a segregated basis in the 1960s, with white and Black sports teams.

Leon Tyler coached Lyons Industrial.

Event results

100-yard dash: 1st - Charlie Lee (Lyons Industrial)

?-yard low hurdles: 1st - Larry Brown (Georgia School for the Deaf); 2nd - Willie Brinson (Lyons Industrial)

180-yard high hurdles: 1st - Herman Taylor (Lyons Industrial)

220-yard dash: 1st - Charlie Lee (Lyons Industrial), 2nd - ?, 3rd - Frank Robinson (Georgia School for the Deaf)

440-yard run: 1st - James Anderson (Georgia School for the Deaf); 2nd - J.C. Taylor (Lyons Industrial)

440-yard relay: 1st - Lyons Industrial, 2nd - ?, 3rd - ?, 4th - Georgia School for the Deaf (James Anderson, Frank Robinson, Danny Brown and Larry Brown).

880-yard run: 1st - James Anderson (Georgia School for the Deaf)

Two-mile run: 1st - ?, 2nd - Leroy Rowland (Georgia School for the Deaf) or Orel Collins (Lyons Industrial). Both Rome and Lyons papers credit a local man in second

Broad jump: 1st - ?, 2nd - J.C. Taylor (Lyons Industrial), 3rd - John Rambo (Georgia School for the Deaf)

Discus: 1st - Larry Brown (Georgia School for the Deaf) or James Dupree (Lyons Industrial). Both Lyons and Rome papers name their local individual as the winner

High jump: 1st - Herman Taylor (Lyons Industrial)

Javelin throw: 1st - ?; 2nd - Russell Ellis (Lyons Industrial)

Shot put: 1st - James Dupree (Lyons Industrial)