I very much doubt it. Bolling is a novelty because he is an incredibly fast honky, and for whatever reason, honkies don’t run sprints very much. Note I am not saying they can’t, just that they don’t.
I very much doubt it. Bolling is a novelty because he is an incredibly fast honky, and for whatever reason, honkies don’t run sprints very much. Note I am not saying they can’t, just that they don’t.
Yeah no way. At least Smith and Lemaitre were faster at 9.93 and 9.92. And of course there have been others. What about Hines and Lewis at 9.95
Lemaitre's best "basic" was still only 10.02 or 10.01, and no white guy has run a sub 10 in basic. In fact, I'm not entirely sure Lemaitre has the top basic result of his "race". He may well be tied with Matt Shirvington at 10.02 for the inglorious whit guy basic lead.
Bolings 9.98 is probably about the equivalent of a 10.05ish in basic. He's right on the doorstep of Lemaitres best, and he's not even peaked yet. I still think Boling got a serious shot at sub 10 in basic THIS year.
Boling and his 9.98 projects out to a 9.93/9.92 if he were in Micah Williams 9.83 race. Likely a wind legal 9.88/9.89 for Micah if he were alternatively in Bolings race. Micah clearly has the edge on Boling at this point. Not much of a shocker there, Micah's been the real deal for a while now (false starts not withstanding).
One question is how much more time is Boling capable of sloughing off by the of this year? Just a couple hundreths? Then it's a bit ho-hum. But if he's got something in the tang of a tenth he can still drop come "peak", well then he's really starting to get somewhere.
Might not be enough to get Micah, though, as I'm sure he'll obviously improve, too.but 9.95 basic is nothing to laugh at, regardless of ANYTHING, really.
Legit question for any sprinters out there: How does it feel to tie a PR that you set in a non-wind legal race? He ran 9.98 in high school with some crazy wind behind him, and he's only now tied it (wind legal of course). I was never a sprinter so I haven't ever really thought about it.
Regardless, that's an awesome run for him! He's progressed every year so far and at this point looks to be a threat for NCAAs. Best of luck to him throughout the rest of the season!
LeMaitre is the only one to do it more than once I believe.
And he did it several times with a PR of 9.92 secs (.05 faster than those others).
And he was better at 200 meters.
The GOAT of white sprinters
Alan Wells, the only white man to win Olympic gold in the 100m. Backed it up by beating Carl Lewis in the IAAF World Cup a year later. Being the GOAT isn't just about running fast times, it's what you win and who you beat.
LeMaitre is the only one to do it more than once I believe.
And he did it several times with a PR of 9.92 secs (.05 faster than those others).
And he was better at 200 meters.
The GOAT of white sprinters
Alan Wells, the only white man to win Olympic gold in the 100m. Backed it up by beating Carl Lewis in the IAAF World Cup a year later. Being the GOAT isn't just about running fast times, it's what you win and who you beat.
Alan Wells is not the only white man to win Olympic gold in the 100m.
Legit question for any sprinters out there: How does it feel to tie a PR that you set in a non-wind legal race? He ran 9.98 in high school with some crazy wind behind him, and he's only now tied it (wind legal of course). I was never a sprinter so I haven't ever really thought about it.
Regardless, that's an awesome run for him! He's progressed every year so far and at this point looks to be a threat for NCAAs. Best of luck to him throughout the rest of the season!