Matthew Boling 45.51!!

Correct. People are stupid and jumped to instant conclusions, when there have literally been barely any opportunities for him to race sine high school.

Was this open or a relay split?

Florida Boy wrote:

Was this open or a relay split?

Open

It was in the open 400m at the Carolina Challenge. Check out the results at tfrrs.org.

Come on man, if he was .. Nevermind.

Come on man wrote:

Come on man, if he was .. Nevermind.

Well, it is a PB (in/out) and it does rank him first in the NCAA right now.

He is also ranked third in the 60m with his 6.64 PB

...so even though these performances are not AMAZING, you can’t say that he is not doing very well...

He should surely improve on his indoor 200m PB (20.66) when he runs it this winter. I can see him running very close to a top 10 NCAA all time (20.30).

dxttfdtdr wrote:

Come on man wrote:

Come on man, if he was .. Nevermind.

Well, it is a PB (in/out) and it does rank him first in the NCAA right now.

He is also ranked third in the 60m with his 6.64 PB

...so even though these performances are not AMAZING, you can’t say that he is not doing very well...

He should surely improve on his indoor 200m PB (20.66) when he runs it this winter. I can see him running very close to a top 10 NCAA all time (20.30).

He also had absolutely no one to compete against after 50 meters.

Could have gone faster with another fast dude in the race....

This is a fast time any years or NCAA indoor.

45.51 to open indoors is very good. Bolling isn't all hype. He will be a contender in several events in time, maybe even this year.

I don't know if he'll ever break 10.0 seconds in the 100m again but his 200 and 400m will only improve. I like that he's running the 400m. It's slim but it's the only chance he has at the Olympics this year (if they happen). Maybe after that he focuses on the shorter sprints? Or lj? It'll be interesting where he goes.

zxcvzcvxzcvx wrote:

45.51 to open indoors is very good. Bolling isn't all hype. He will be a contender in several events in time, maybe even this year.

Definitely a solid opener. It was a really good lane, though. Basically a three turn race and starting on top of a tiny hill. It was certainly slower than running outdoor, but not as much slower as say a 200m flat track on an inside lane would be. Maybe a half second slower than an outdoor time would be.

As others have pointed out, also ran it solo. For some athletes, that hurts them, for others it actually doesn't really matter. In hs he basically had no competition, I haven't seen any indication that he runs faster with competition.

But yeah, the smack talking is dumb. He is doing well, nothing really to raise or lower his stock at this point.

What do you Guys predict he will run outdoor this season for the 3 sprints

I'd say 44.44, 19.96 and 9.97

Pretty much right on. 44.4, 19.9, 10.0

I kept hearing the a guy yelling "Let's go bowling" during the video. Geez, if you want to go bowling, why are you watching a track meet?

(sarcasm alert)

SlowFatMaster wrote:

I kept hearing the a guy yelling "Let's go bowling" during the video. Geez, if you want to go bowling, why are you watching a track meet?

(sarcasm alert)

This is a quality post.

Is he taking the Usain Bolt approach? Run the 400 alot when you are young and then move down to the 100?

Considering that he ran 20.27 outdoors with more than 2.0 in 2018, while shutting down a lot the last 5-10 meters, I think sub-20 in the 200m outdoors is very much in the cards. And with that time, why not low 44? He was a 400m runner before he was a 100m guy in hs.

To get a top 10 collegiate indoor performance all-time, he'd have to run 6.50, 20.26, or 45.02. (In the long jump, 27'4"!).

As of now, he is a long sprinter. He has LJ'ed this year (24'6), and it does not look like he is going to be a factor at the highest levels. If he was going to be a banger in the LJ, we should be seeing those fruits already.

The guy is very young and has a long way to go in his development, but he obviously has the tools to be very good at something. Maybe even the 400h.

It makes him the 53rd fastest ever for indoor....

Or the 34th fastest american

Wonder what he is on the all time indoor college list?

so yeah he is slowing down.

Bob schul country wrote:

SlowFatMaster wrote:

I kept hearing the a guy yelling "Let's go bowling" during the video. Geez, if you want to go bowling, why are you watching a track meet?

(sarcasm alert)

This is a quality post.

Is he taking the Usain Bolt approach? Run the 400 alot when you are young and then move down to the 100?

No.