Matthew Boling 45.51!!

Agreed. Holloway and Coleman could have probably done it. Clearly, both Coleman (6.45) and Holloway (6.50) were/are far superior to Boling in the 60m. Not on the same planet (at this point at least).

Both of them did not actually do it however (the 60/400 combo). It makes sense.

Holloway was already doing the 60H, 60, LJ, 200 and relay duties. Which coach in his right mind would also have him run the individual 400.

Coleman ran the 60m in 6.45 in College. That is a crazy fast time. Why have him run a 400? Clearly, the 400m would never become his event. Nothing to really be gained by running one.

However, what is coming out here is that probably nobody in NCAA history have actually run better than a 6.64/45.51 combo indoors in the same season and only a handful “could” have run it.

So it is pretty AMAZING. Let’s see if he can bring down these times over the coming weeks. That will be even more amazing.

Lol. Dont know why you would bring Coleman & Holloway in this. Neither have run a 400 (dont even mention relays), and by all indications, the amount that those two are better than Boling in the 60 right now, Boling is at least that much better than them in the 400. Holloway's best 400 is a 49.18 by the way. Lol.

Holloway ran 43.75 relay electronically timed. Dozens of sprinters who were faster than Boling could have duplicated his performances. Norman. Coleman. Bednarek. Bromell. Holloway. Oduduru. Lyles. Baker. Those are all within the past few years.

You seem to be naming quite a few pros, which some are suspect.

The main thing to watch for is his PV and his 110H. Assuming he can wing it for a mediocre DSC, SP, JAV with little or no practice, it's his progress in the PV and hurdles that remains to be seen.

He is entered in the 60 and 200 Probably anywhere from 20.45-20.55.

He's also entered in the long jump and Georgia signed up for the 4x400m, so it is likely that he's doing four events. That mile should be fast but the 3k should be really fast, low to mid 7:40s.

I am pretty sure this guy will split 43 on the relay if they can get the team into a hype situation. He ran 44 splits outdoors at the state HS meet. He is in much better conditioning with base strength training. He will be fun to watch.

His 20.53 tonight, although a PB and 2nd in the NCAA, is slightly disappointing. I thought that he would be sub 20.40

dxttfdtdr wrote:

His 20.53 tonight, although a PB and 2nd in the NCAA, is slightly disappointing. I thought that he would be sub 20.40

He will be. Maybe 20.30 by Championships

In the early 2000s, you could win indoor NCAA with 34 points.

Boling is ranked 3rd @ 60m, 2nd @ 200m, 1st @ 400m and 21st in LJ (could be way higher). He could have won NCAA basically by himself.

dxttfdtdr wrote:

His 20.53 tonight, although a PB and 2nd in the NCAA, is slightly disappointing. I thought that he would be sub 20.40

I feel like indoor 200s are dumb, anyway. It's all just practice until outdoor; even his 60m can be construed that way.

Expecting 20.3x from him right off the bat is too much, regardless. I feel like that's expecting him to have 19.7ish or faster this outdoor season, and thats unlikely to be in the cards for him as of yet. 20.5x opener seems fine enough for an indoor opener.

How fast is Courtney Lindsey at the 400m? He is ranked ahead of Boling in both the 60m and 200m. He has run 400m relay legs. How fast were his relay legs?

dxttfdtdr wrote:

How fast is Courtney Lindsey at the 400m? He is ranked ahead of Boling in both the 60m and 200m. He has run 400m relay legs. How fast were his relay legs?

I dunno. A quick search shows he went 10.35 and 20.37 (into a slight headwind) in 2019 at presumably a community college. So...he appears pretty talented. Not sure he shows the ceiling that Boling does, though, but more data from him on this season would tell more.

Do you know his splits? Has he done an open 4?

Yeesh. He went 6.74/6.70 in the 60 today. Arguably a significant step backward in the short sprint. If he has this much trouble with acceleration, a case for him as a 2/4 guy becomes more clearer.

Though he could just be roasted a bit...which probably makes a case for the "GA meat grinder" folks.

The guy from Oregon is labeled as a freshman and went 6.56, that seems noteworthy. Hell, that's faster than I project Boling out to even optimistically this year.

Meh, I guess well just have to let the season play out.

He ran 20.9 in high school just showing up on meet day.

Coach watching wrote:

He ran 20.9 in high school just showing up on meet day.

Who? The Oregon freshman?

Lindsey. The to guy in the NCAA.

You. But....not you. wrote:

Coach watching wrote:

He ran 20.9 in high school just showing up on meet day.

Who? The Oregon freshman?

Micah William's is a crazy legit talent, he went 10.21 as a Junior the year Boling was a senior in HS. He's a good example of the question as to ones "wheelhouse", though. Maybe William's is a more viable 100m talent than Boling, but based on William's body of work over 200 meters, I'm not sure he's got the chops that Boling likely has for THAT distance. Where William's will eat Bolings lunch through 60 meters, Boling would project to do the same to William's over 200.

The question is always going to be whether or not Boling has the tools to be good enough with his start/acceleration to make his topend/maintenance abilities viable over 100. He's probably not unlike Lyles in that regard; I still dont feel like we know whether or not Lyles can put his first 60 together enough to be a legit 100m guy in relation to his 200m abilities.

As for William's, I don't know my sprint history THAT well. Going 6.56 as a true freshman seems CRAZY good. What's HIS ceiling? Maybe we've got out next Coleman type guy? Maybe he can develop his 200m, too; he's certainly got the top speed and power to get his foot in the door on it.