His legs gave out on that turn, he almost fell coming out of it. Probably exhaustion from a long meet/season, but it was weird seeing him stumble that badly.
I hope he doesn’t get stuck being a jack of all trades, master of none on the US outdoor circuit. At some point he’ll have to specialize and think he’ll be successful once he does.
All that matters at this stage of things is what is good for Georgia so he will be a point scorer, his personal success not a real factor and it shouldn't be right now.
Once he leaves the NCAA then he'll end up a 200m sprinter that is where he belongs.
This is one of the most ridiculous things I have seen posted. How much time do you think a sprinter has to be top of his game? Boling should damn well stop running the NCAA grind (if he can contractually)and concentrate on making his mark on the global scene. If he does not, by the time he is through the NCAA system, he will have nothing left, like 95% of the promising track athletes who go thru the NCAA system.
ItsTrue wrote: Well, Boling isn't going to make the Olympic team in the 400 either.
He best bet is the long jump because flukey things happen. If he jumps 27 mid, which I think he is capable of, and a few other guys have an off day, then he makes the team.
The long jump is certainly not a sure thing, but it's a better chance for him than in the 100, 200, or 400.
He is a much better athlete than Wariner, and has way more speed. Just for reference J.W was a 43 mid guy who had 20.1 outdoor and 20.9 indoor marks. I think Boling has a better head on his shoulders, and could be even deadlier at the 400m. I think his biggest problem is that he hasn't found his Clyde Hart yet.
On paper, I think you're could be right in a few years, but Wariner had a lot of intangibles going on. Plus, he won a gold medal.
Watch some Youtube videos of Jeremy Wariner. He was a very special runner when he was on (and sported the big shades). He won the gold medal and was absolutely silky smooth until the line.
I wouldn't yet compare Boling or even the current USA 400m guys with Wariner - apples to oranges. USA was 4th and 5th at the last Olympics and Boling is below those dudes.
All that matters at this stage of things is what is good for Georgia so he will be a point scorer, his personal success not a real factor and it shouldn't be right now.
Once he leaves the NCAA then he'll end up a 200m sprinter that is where he belongs.
This is one of the most ridiculous things I have seen posted. How much time do you think a sprinter has to be top of his game? Boling should damn well stop running the NCAA grind (if he can contractually)and concentrate on making his mark on the global scene. If he does not, by the time he is through the NCAA system, he will have nothing left, like 95% of the promising track athletes who go thru the NCAA system.
Give me the name of any stud NCAA sprinter who fits that, come on dummy. who?
Yes Boling was DQ'd for stepping on the inside line on the curve (not the first time he has been DQ for that). He is clearly one of the most talented male athletes in NCAA Track and Field. Coach Gilbert was trying to win the men's team title and if you have a stud that can score in 4 events you go for it. The problem is the dumb schedule. Why in the hell is the meet split by genders? WTH? Why? Out of all the track meets on the planet why does NCAA DI separate the genders. All it does it make it difficult for the best athletes to double or triple. By the time the 4x 400m relay was run about a dozen kids were running on fumes and the times were slow compared to a Championship meet and their seed times.
Boling had the potential to score good points in the 60m (4-6), lj (up to 10), 200m (up to 10), and 400 (4-7) or 4x400 (6 shared), so he could have accounted for 25 or more points, enough to give them a shot at the title had he been on. He had a poor meet for his ability. The coach has had great success in the past and said that it took her four years of form work to get Twanisha Terry to where she came to be. The straining was just the most obvious problem. Compare even to the sprinters around him and it was glaringly obvious. He's got to learn to run relaxed. And he was just not ready for that many events.
Boling had the potential to score good points in the 60m (4-6), lj (up to 10), 200m (up to 10), and 400 (4-7) or 4x400 (6 shared), so he could have accounted for 25 or more points, enough to give them a shot at the title had he been on. He had a poor meet for his ability. The coach has had great success in the past and said that it took her four years of form work to get Twanisha Terry to where she came to be. The straining was just the most obvious problem. Compare even to the sprinters around him and it was glaringly obvious. He's got to learn to run relaxed. And he was just not ready for that many events.
Had a pretty good Friday.
But a below par Saturday.
It happens.
I kind of doubt that he was handling the workload just fine on Friday but it became too much for him on Saturday. But maybe the 60m and 200m heats and the LJ on Friday did take a lot out of him for Saturday.
Yep and I have said that from day one here is a long sprinter a 200/400 guy, forget the long jump and 100, simply a waste of time.
What are you smoking? he came into the meet with the best LJ mark and 200m time, and undeafeated at 60m lolol
He just needs to get out of Georgia, that form and ability to relax is never going to improve there, that is clear.
Was obviously talking about his post NCAA career, assumed that was obvious. Watch how quickly his long jumping stops after Georgia. This is a 200m cat as we will be seeing once he steps up to world class competition.
What we are seeing now with Boling is just a college kid trying to do all he can for Georgia, don't get caught up in thinking this has much to do with where he will end up, it doesn't. We always seeing him trying to manage a workload which is the NCAA, once he can just concentrate on his one event things will be totally different.
Right now there he is doing all that work vs "Just" a 60 guy or "Just" a long jumper who is fresh.
His legs gave out on that turn, he almost fell coming out of it. Probably exhaustion from a long meet/season, but it was weird seeing him stumble that badly.
Looks more like he tripped himself up because he knew he was on the line and was trying to make a mid-stride correction back into his own lane. It wasn't from exhaustion.
He's a wonderful athlete but consistently appears to have problems controlling his effort. His legs also may have been tired that day from all the events he competed in that weekend. On to outdoors.