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!
In a word? Vindicating.
Exactly.
Running a smoking time with a big tailwind is really fun, and creates possibilities in your mind. If that possibility is realized, you’re basically like “Fvck yeah”, satisfied and sure, ready for the next step.
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.
Thanks, I stand corrected - can you tell me the others and the years they won?
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.
Yeah but a couple of things—first, wind corrections get less appropriate as wind speed increases. There is a hood chance that Williams wasn’t as basically fast as this indicates. Also, Boling has tended to fade as the season wears on, whereas IMO Williams has maintained well, or even improved, bit I could be wrong. I see Williams at an honest 9.90 this season, and Boling slower than that.
It’s crowded at the top. 10.05 basic gets you a lane, and out of the heats if you run well. Look at all the guys who could show up—in addition to Baker, Coleman, Kerley, and Bromell, you’ve got a raft of huge performers like Norman, Bednarek, Lyles, etc who have gone faster than 10.05 and who have big-meet experience.
Then there’s a million guys piled up around and in front of 10.05, too many to mention.
I think Williams should get a relay spot this season. I would love to see him displace Coleman on leadoff, but check out this 200-man lineup: Knighton-Lyles-Bednarek-Kerley?! With the 200 greats this year, if the USA 4x1 actually practices, IMO they have a shot at greatness.
lol compare that lineup to a pure 100-man lineup of Coleman-Baker-Bromell-Williams. Which would come out on top?
The 100 metres at the Summer Olympics has been contested since the first edition of the multi-sport event. The men's 100 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1896. The 100 metres is considered one...
That Knighton-Lyles-Bednarek-Kerley team (Michael Norman could also slot in there) would be epic. They should go for a 4x2 record that would last for twenty years.
That Knighton-Lyles-Bednarek-Kerley team (Michael Norman could also slot in there) would be epic. They should go for a 4x2 record that would last for twenty years.
Yeah Norman, especially on the bend, maybe leadoff. I’m excited about Knighton, though—this 100m time, and him easily holding off Bromell on anchor.
In a great final 1980 Olympic champion Allan Wells blasts himself past future (but disgraced and disqualified )Olympic champion Ben Johnson to win in a sprig...
Never achieved his potential in terms of times. Until Moscow, he NEVER used blocks. Ran 10:07 and 20:12 at the 78 Commonwealth games without blocks in his first season as a sprinter. Suffered a back injury in the weeks before Moscow and only decided to go at the last moment. Then told unexpectedly he would be forced to use blocks. Got off to wobbly starts in ever one of his rounds including the final, except for the quaterfinals when he coasted in 10:11 and most observers thought he could have broken 10 seconds. This was on the slow Moscow track.
In his career, Wells defeated the 72, 76, 84, 88, and 92 Olympic 100m Champions.
People forget that HGH came on the scene in the USA in 83, and suddenly every top sprinter was a sub 10 man. He was the best sprinter in the world in 1980.
Never achieved his potential in terms of times. Until Moscow, he NEVER used blocks. Ran 10:07 and 20:12 at the 78 Commonwealth games without blocks in his first season as a sprinter. Suffered a back injury in the weeks before Moscow and only decided to go at the last moment. Then told unexpectedly he would be forced to use blocks. Got off to wobbly starts in ever one of his rounds including the final, except for the quaterfinals when he coasted in 10:11 and most observers thought he could have broken 10 seconds. This was on the slow Moscow track.
In his career, Wells defeated the 72, 76, 84, 88, and 92 Olympic 100m Champions.
People forget that HGH came on the scene in the USA in 83, and suddenly every top sprinter was a sub 10 man. He was the best sprinter in the world in 1980.
Quality post. People still don’t understand HGH/IGF-1.
Never achieved his potential in terms of times. Until Moscow, he NEVER used blocks. Ran 10:07 and 20:12 at the 78 Commonwealth games without blocks in his first season as a sprinter. Suffered a back injury in the weeks before Moscow and only decided to go at the last moment. Then told unexpectedly he would be forced to use blocks. Got off to wobbly starts in ever one of his rounds including the final, except for the quaterfinals when he coasted in 10:11 and most observers thought he could have broken 10 seconds. This was on the slow Moscow track.
In his career, Wells defeated the 72, 76, 84, 88, and 92 Olympic 100m Champions.
People forget that HGH came on the scene in the USA in 83, and suddenly every top sprinter was a sub 10 man. He was the best sprinter in the world in 1980.
In 1980 Stanley Floyd ran a 10.07, which was faster than Wells 10.11 and in the three races they met, Floyd 2-1 that is why Floyd was the top ranked 100m sprinter in the world in 80, not Wells.
Never achieved his potential in terms of times. Until Moscow, he NEVER used blocks. Ran 10:07 and 20:12 at the 78 Commonwealth games without blocks in his first season as a sprinter. Suffered a back injury in the weeks before Moscow and only decided to go at the last moment. Then told unexpectedly he would be forced to use blocks. Got off to wobbly starts in ever one of his rounds including the final, except for the quaterfinals when he coasted in 10:11 and most observers thought he could have broken 10 seconds. This was on the slow Moscow track.
In his career, Wells defeated the 72, 76, 84, 88, and 92 Olympic 100m Champions.
People forget that HGH came on the scene in the USA in 83, and suddenly every top sprinter was a sub 10 man. He was the best sprinter in the world in 1980.
cool to see this regarding no blocks. always thought they were a waste of training time for most at the hs level who don't have near the strength to really need them. prob slows a significant amount of kids down in fact, as they tend to fall/hunch over and stumble.
even the whole "keep your head down first x meters" is a farce. flojo would be looking up within about 2 steps and she was one of the most technically proficient runners i've ever seen.
3 years after making history in high school, Matthew Boling follows through with a wind-legal sub-10.===============================*Copyright Disclaimer Und...
You said THE GOAT of white sprinters, Borzov and Morrow were Olympic 100/200 champs, Morrow held world records as did Hal Davis. Hell no LeMaitre is some THE GOAT, get this stuff right, ok?
Doesn't this make him only the second white man under 10?
Has people ever heard of Filipo Tortu ? I know that he's been completely overshadowed by his countryman Jacobs, but last time I checked Tortu, ran a legit sub 10 nearly 4 year ago.
Doesn't this make him only the second white man under 10?
Has people ever heard of Filipo Tortu ? I know that he's been completely overshadowed by his countryman Jacobs, but last time I checked Tortu, ran a legit sub 10 nearly 4 year ago.
Or are Italians not White anymore ?
Between the fact that he's been usurped by Jacobs and hasn't appeared to have improved in the FOUR years just as you've mentioned? Yeah, the world tends to be pretty "what have you done for me lately" about things and he's essentially been forgotten. Doesn't mean he can't put it together to progress again, I suppose. Then maybe he's worth a larger discussion. But other than the trivial fact (while still in some way worth mentioning) that he's one of the few white guys to guy sub-ten wind legal, he doesn't really have much going on. Unless he starts throwing PRs around again.
