There is no reason to think Boling has a chance at a world record in any event. He's just another sub10 sprinter, the likes of which come along every year.
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Deno wrote:
I confess I pay no attention to indoors.
Watch how close Matthew Boling comes to challenging Carl Lewis as a track stud. Trust me this won't be close. Lewis won two long jump titles a a frosh/soph, 100m as a soph.
I am not saying Boling will be another Carl Lewis - but as collegians, I think Boling has him beat in the 100 and 200 (and 400 if he did run one) and Lewis had long jumped 27'10 versus Boling's 27'1.
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TheAdultInTheRoom wrote:
WalkingSun wrote:
The imperial mindset, now clearly a folly, is slowly on its way out.
Without it you'd be scrawling your ignorant comments in the dirt with a stick rather than on the internet.
As you type from your corner of the trailer you share with your mom.
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doesitmatterif wrote:
dafuq wrote:
It's almost like people are interested in the progress of young up-and-coming phenoms.
*white
Get your racist stupidity out of here. He's #1 in both the 100 & 200 for D1, if you only count wind-legal times. He deserves attention.
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tiberious xt wrote:
Which event do you think he has the best shot in breaking the existing world record?
decathlon
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thedonuts253 wrote:
There is no reason to think Boling has a chance at a world record in any event. He's just another sub10 sprinter, the likes of which come along every year.
+1.
Zero chance in any recognized t&f event.
He might be able to challenge Matt London’s 10m WR for someone 205lbs on a Friday at 77.2377654 degrees F, with a 0.1648573637 m/s wind, at a latitude of.....
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Sprintgeezer wrote:
thedonuts253 wrote:
There is no reason to think Boling has a chance at a world record in any event. He's just another sub10 sprinter, the likes of which come along every year.
+1.
Zero chance in any recognized t&f event.
He might be able to challenge Matt London’s 10m WR for someone 205lbs on a Friday at 77.2377654 degrees F, with a 0.1648573637 m/s wind, at a latitude of.....
is he not built perfectly for decathlon though? seems like his most reasonable chance for a wr.
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Define better as to me he has zero chance of even coming into a genuine conversation about breaking any world record.
I would bet my life savings he retires without an individual world record.
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tiberious xt wrote:
Which event do you think he has the best shot in breaking the existing world record?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
You're a funny guy. Got any more good jokes?
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WalkingSun wrote:
TheAdultInTheRoom wrote:
Of course. You just sound like an idiot while you do it.
You're free to assume a patronizing position, which I could say proves my initial point, and I'm free to point that out.
lol.
Your initial point about imperialism in college sprinting..
You're free to continue to embarrass yourself.
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Good Luck With That wrote:
tiberious xt wrote:
Which event do you think he has the best shot in breaking the existing world record?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
You're a funny guy. Got any more good jokes?
Why don't oysters donate to charity? Because they are shellfish.
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deca ftw wrote:
Sprintgeezer wrote:
+1.
Zero chance in any recognized t&f event.
He might be able to challenge Matt London’s 10m WR for someone 205lbs on a Friday at 77.2377654 degrees F, with a 0.1648573637 m/s wind, at a latitude of.....
is he not built perfectly for decathlon though? seems like his most reasonable chance for a wr.
WR in the decathlon is 9126.
I have a hard time putting together anything over 9000 for Boiling. And im being very generous with the numbers.
Although I do think he could make the USA Olympic team in the decathlon, with much training.
http://legacy.usatf.org/statistics/calculators/combinedEventsScoring/
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I love Carl Lewis wrote:
deca ftw wrote:
is he not built perfectly for decathlon though? seems like his most reasonable chance for a wr.
WR in the decathlon is 9126.
I have a hard time putting together anything over 9000 for Boiling. And im being very generous with the numbers.
Although I do think he could make the USA Olympic team in the decathlon, with much training.
yeah it's def really unlikely. was just trying to think of the most realistic possibility.
curious what numbers/marks you put in for him.
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I agree but Micah williams has run 9.86 this year
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deca ftw wrote:
I love Carl Lewis wrote:
WR in the decathlon is 9126.
I have a hard time putting together anything over 9000 for Boiling. And im being very generous with the numbers.
Although I do think he could make the USA Olympic team in the decathlon, with much training.
yeah it's def really unlikely. was just trying to think of the most realistic possibility.
curious what numbers/marks you put in for him.
I think he could have some great PRs in all events. But doing it in two days is totally different of course.
The better question is "how does Matt Boiling compare to Kevin Mayer".
The guy has some ridiculous PRs in all events.
I mean, how many of the posters on letsrun can shot put 56 feet, high jump 6'10" and then go run a 4:18 1500?
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I love Carl Lewis wrote:
deca ftw wrote:
yeah it's def really unlikely. was just trying to think of the most realistic possibility.
curious what numbers/marks you put in for him.
I think he could have some great PRs in all events. But doing it in two days is totally different of course.
The better question is "how does Matt Boiling compare to Kevin Mayer".
The guy has some ridiculous PRs in all events.
I mean, how many of the posters on letsrun can shot put 56 feet, high jump 6'10" and then go run a 4:18 1500?
Decathlon bests in his two best events (100 and long jump) are 10.12 and 27 feet. So he has bettered both of those but very different when doing a decathlon. Eaton ran a 45.00 400 which is pretty stout. I think Boling could run around a 46.00 during a decathlon. I think he could run a fairly quick high hurdles with sufficient training. He is a big guy so I think he could eventually do pretty well in the shot, discuss and javelin.
Incidentally, if one was to break the WR in every even he would score about 12,500.
Here are the all-time decathlon bests ...
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TheAdultInTheRoom wrote:
WalkingSun wrote:
You're free to assume a patronizing position, which I could say proves my initial point, and I'm free to point that out.
lol.
Your initial point about imperialism in college sprinting..
You're free to continue to embarrass yourself.
Indicate and/or explain where my point is specifically about 'imperialism in college printing'.
You're free to be subjective.
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tiberious xt wrote:
Deno wrote:
Boling is a point scorer for an NCAA team, that is where with his versatility he shines. He has no one event where he is in with the elite and I don't expect that to change. No 9.7. no 19.6, no 28 feet stuff.
Expect to see him make the finals of the NCAA 100/200 put place no better than 4th and maybe make the finals in in our USA champs at 200m, see nothing better than a 6th there.
After his Georgia days if he's smart he'll zero in on the 200m, that will be his future in track. Do doubt he ever really does all that much other than nail his role as "White Lightning".
Carl Lewis's longest long jump after 2 or 3 years in college was his high school jump mark. He was nothing special despite working with Tom Tellez. His 100 meters was pretty luckluster as well. After working with Tellez for a while he blossomed in the sprints as well as the long jump. Imagine Boling with a Tom Tellez. Get his 100 meters down some and his long jump would easily be 28 feet-plus. His 200 meters would improve as well.
Careful how you say that. Actually, don’t be. Boling may be a WR threat if he had Carl Lewis type of, uh, help.
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