This thread is why Matthew Boling's career has gone awry. White sprinters get a whole bunch of hype and pressure that can derail a natural trajectory. This problem also plagues high school stars but rather than seeing Boling as he was - a high performing D-1 talent - he was billed as the next Usain Bolt simply because of his skin color. Boling should be allowed to figure his stuff out - without the pressure of white people trying to hype him up into being a savior. Secondly, a lot of our "favorite" athletes are gonna struggle making a team in the era of Lyles/Bednarek/Kerley/Knighton/Hall. I love Christian Coleman but he's another who will likely never make a team because things are so competitive (and that's a feature not a bug). To make a 200/400 team you have to be sub 19.90/44.50 after three rounds on the USATF stage. Boling is/can definitely get there (and I am not a fan of UGA track), but even on his best day, there are at least 10 American men who can must a sub 44.50 performance at USATF so it's gonna be a crapshoot. Let Boling be - y'all not even cheering for him anymore and it's tragic. He's not beating Wilson anytime soon though lol
Jerry Bright (born July 21, 1947) is an American former sprinter who specialised in the 200-meter dash. He ranked in the top six of that event nationally at the USA Track and Field Championships from 1967 to 1969. He set personal bests of 20.1 seconds for that event in 1968.
heat 2
lane
1.Matthew Boling Georgia NCAA indoor champ
2,Allen Woodring Syracuse Olympic gold
3.Mark Lutz Kansas Olympian
4.Bobby Morrow ACU Olympic gold
5.Kevin Little Drake sub 20.00
6,Tom Jones UCLA NCAA Champ
7.Clyde Jeffreys NCAA Champ
8.Roland Locke Nebraska NCAA Champ
heat 3
lane
1.Hal "California Comet" Davis Cal 4 time USA Champion
2.Thane Baker Kansas State Olympic silver
3.Bill Woodhouse ACU world ranked
4.Mel Patton USC Olympic gold
5.George Simpson Ohio State NCAA champ
6.Charlie Thomas Texas World ramked number 1
7.Lindy Remigino Manhatten world ran
8.Claube Bracey Rice NCAA Champ
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Silver in the OG 200 final. He beat the former WR holder and only lost to the new WR holder, who at that time the only two athletes in history to go sub-20. NR lasted fifty-six years and it only went down to Gout a few months back.
Silver in the OG 200 final. He beat the former WR holder and only lost to the new WR holder, who at that time the only two athletes in history to go sub-20. NR lasted fifty-six years and it only went down to Gout a few months back.
Lets go there.
Foreign white 200m
lane
1.Allan Wells GB Olympic silver
2.Peter Norman Aussie Olympic silver
3.Valery Borzov USSR Olympic gold
4.Pietro Mennea Italy Olympic gold
5.Kenteris Geece Olympic gold
6.Ramil Guliyev World Champion
7.Manfred Germar West Germany topranked in the world.
8,Livio Berutti Italy Olympic gold
Pretty impressive
So lets see the white foreign 100m
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Most white sprinters have more success at 200 and 400 than in a 100. They are better at sustained speed than explosive speed,
Does that include Lachlan Kennedy?
He won the 200 metres race at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne on 29 March 2025 ahead of compatriot Gout Gout, running a personal best 20.26 seconds.
I'll predict right now that this guy ends up more successful in the 200m.
If a white sprinter runs the 100 AND the 200 he will be more succesful at 200m, history has proven that numerous times.
Christophe LeMaitre te first white sub10.00 but...........he ended up in the 200m
Matthew Boling and that HS sub10.00, where did he end up.....200/400.
Borzov 100m 10.07 200 20.00 a far superior time
And so it goes
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Anyone seriously into sprinters is well aware of the fact white sprinters have always been better at 200m than the 100m, history is full of examples after examples of that. Only a know nothing wouldn't be aware of that fact.
I have listed 32 white 200m cats to prove my point, who can give me the white 100m, well?
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At age 21 Boling long jumped 8.25m (27+ feet). I don't know how many times since this level would have podium'd, won or placed in a DL, etc..... does anyone else think he's stuck to the wrong events?
I talked about him never being anything special at 100m but could make it as a long sprinter talking 200/400,
Most white sprinters have more success at 200 and 400 than in a 100. They are better at sustained speed than explosive speed,
Please don't waste your time and mine trying to dispute that, I have done the work know what I;m talking about,
You guys are very good at having explosive tempers and engaging in impulsive behaviors like stabbing people at track meets just because you feel like “Imma stab someone” like some murderous clown recently posted in his social media before making his dream come true.
You guys are very good at opening fire on random crowds of people and chasing around little kids. Just because you feel like it. Right?
Silver in the OG 200 final. He beat the former WR holder and only lost to the new WR holder, who at that time the only two athletes in history to go sub-20. NR lasted fifty-six years and it only went down to Gout a few months back.
Lets go there.
Foreign white 200m
lane
1.Allan Wells GB Olympic silver
2.Peter Norman Aussie Olympic silver
3.Valery Borzov USSR Olympic gold
4.Pietro Mennea Italy Olympic gold
5.Kenteris Geece Olympic gold
6.Ramil Guliyev World Champion
7.Manfred Germar West Germany topranked in the world.
8,Livio Berutti Italy Olympic gold
Pretty impressive
So lets see the white foreign 100m
You're reaching back quite a few years. Try in the last 10-15 years.