Forget milesplit. Go to the meets and watch these guys. JG is fast. 11.1 in the 100 is good. He happened to run an 11.3 or 5 at HVA. The winner at HVA (Webb wunderkid) ran 10.87 that day and won. At OR Saturday he ran an 11.39 and got 4th. You don't run faster at every meet contrary to what you may believe.
Your "expectations aren't as high....after these track results"??? It was the first track meet we had! Lighten up Francis, and don't always act the the sky is falling.
While at HVA and talking with the McMinn Central coach he was looking forward to his 4x100 team getting "checked". He said his guys thought they were the fastest things around, and today was the day they found out otherwise. He said they needed to learn this before they could get faster.
You've essentially equated JG getting 9th at the first meet and the results you read on milesplit with a 1-9 football season. You're reaching, and you need to get out more.