Congrats to Boling: destroys 200 field - 20.19!!

Now think just a litle bit, if Boling thinks his best event is the 200m, where o you think he will put most his energies and attention, well? Boling will become a 200m cat who "also" runs some 100, yep, just like I said.

We had the 100 yard dash up until 1976, the last world record was a 9.0 by Southern Illinois Ivory Crockett and Baker HS, yep.....high school.... Houston McTear.

You not knowing any of this pretty much says it all.

Mel Patton ran the 9.4 world record twice, then became histories first 9.3, I have ran on that dirt track in Fresno where, he accomplished that, probably the best dirt track in the world. John Carlos ran his 9.1 WR there, Steve Williams his 9.1 WR there, I was there for that one, he ran down Herb Washington and Don Quarrie.

Anyway....

Patton was the first world ranked 100/200m in 1947 when Track & Field News had their first world rankings. Here is where my song n' dance comes into play.......at the 48 Olympics he takes 5th in the 100m, then.....wns the 200m, Yep, his claim to fame Olympic 200m gold.

I have to confess this is starting to bore me, you obviously don't get any of this and getting tired of trying to explain it. I seriously doubt before you knew anything at all about any of these guys.

Think about this.....

Why is it we never see Asian sprinters doing anything at 200/400?

Just having some fun.....

100 yards and pro football

9.1

Bob Hayes

Willie McGee

HBCU power there

9.2

Frank Budd.... the first 9.2

Cliff Branch

Mel Gray

Curtis Dickey

Andrew Hopkins CFL

9.3

Ray Norton WR holder

J.D. Hill

Travis Williams

Isacc Curtis

Len Willis

Henry Carr

John Roderick

9.4

Joe Delaney & Mark Duper....ran on the same NWLa 4x1 that won the NCAA

O.J.Simpson

Eric Dickerson.....in high school

Butch Woolfolk

Eugen White

Bo Jackson ran a 9.5 in HS.

Jimmy Hines a 9,95 Olympic old, did nothing as a Dolphin, won't count him, a 9.1 guy, Same with Tommie Smith a 9,3 guy who did nothing.

You've bored the crap out of me from the very beginning. You didn't address any of my questions, despite my answering yours. because you're clutching your pearls and living in a delusional past. You always have.

It must really grind your gears that a rail thing white Frenchman broke 10 eventually, huh? If he had trained well or properly at all, he would have been an equally distributed 100/200 guy. Hell, hammering out some more power would have likely helped him a bit more over 200. As it is, you just like to refer to him as being better over 200 than 100. Sure pal, that's all his story is.

It's a minor miracle that stick broke 10 at all with his lack of commitment.

If you go back and answer some of my questions about Boling, Micah, Quinn, etc, lemme know.

Otherwise, your diatribes are redundant and void of meaning or weight. Other than that, what Boling can or is is up in the air, and his "whiteness" has nothing to do with how that plays out.

Whatley wrote:

ONE MORE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dude, what is your take on Boling talking about the 200 being his best event?

Answer the question.

Mel Patton world ranked number one in both sprints, WR holder in the 100, but....Olympic 200m gold.

Beatty was a 9,4 guy, but became more 200/400,

Remigino was a strange case, he only took 5th at that years NCAA 100, and there are still those who think Herb Mckenley beat him, he thought Mckenley beat him. Thinking he didn't run the 200m.

Davis won more USA titles at 200m. Bummer no Olympics to star in.

Meh,,,

More world rankings, more titles won, more fast times, what about that aren't you getting?

What are your thoughts on Tortu being much more successful in the 100m than the 200?

Or Kilty?

When do you address ....

MORE WORLD RANKINGS

MORE MEDALS WON

MORE FAST TIMES

.....never?

What about Patton an Olympic 200m gold don't you get?

The greatest Italian sprinters were Pietro Mennea and Livio Burruti, both Olympic 200m gold.

Hal Davis more success at 200m.

LeMaitre first got our attention as a 100m man, what did he end up, yep.....200m man.

Dude, do you just not get any of this at all, you ae starting to make me wonder if you have some sort of .....problems.

Whatley wrote:

When do you address ....

MORE WORLD RANKINGS

MORE MEDALS WON

MORE FAST TIMES

.....never?

What about Patton an Olympic 200m gold don't you get?

The greatest Italian sprinters were Pietro Mennea and Livio Burruti, both Olympic 200m gold.

Hal Davis more success at 200m.

LeMaitre first got our attention as a 100m man, what did he end up, yep.....200m man.

Dude, do you just not get any of this at all, you ae starting to make me wonder if you have some sort of .....problems.

I've addressed the hows and whys of the world rankings, etc. but you're too dense to understand it. Either go back and read my posts, or bring something new.

To other posters, don't bother asking him about Kilty and Tortu, he ignores such things.

Then blames me for ignoring his bologna, but even when I've addressed historical record mistakes he ignores it and just repeats himself, or admits to trolling me. For example, there's nothing in the historical record, stastically, that shows Davis was an inherently better 200 man over 100. He never held a 200/220 record, but he held a 100 record, for example.

I can't click your links, Whatley, to see the data you keep referring too, because I don't trust your sources and dont want some virus on my phone because you're a troll. And I'm not going to dig through the US champs right now to fact check what Davis was doing over 200 after '43/'44, frankly cause it's moot. The links I found say he blew a hammy in '46 and was done after that. That much I know. Down friggin pointless historical rabbit holes....jesus. what a bore.

It's not much a surprise that you'll find non-black sprinters in countries where most of the population is like them because coaches can't push everyone into the distances and field events, but at the same time, you'll find that Europeans in all the track events were scared off in the 1990s to near the present by a false belief in their own physical inferiority. There are no essential connections between race and athletic ability, only cultural forces at work. Where European coaches see a sprinter develop who is not of African descent, they're likely to put them in the 200m instead of the 100m because they see more of an opening there and less of the top talent. So, it's self-selection and a question of mass participation at a serious level, plus self-belief. Usain Bolt thought he was a 200m guy until he tried a 100m race. Same thing with Bolling. His coaches thought he was a 200-400/lj guy until he rolled the 100m. As for Lemaitre, I'd consider him just as good at 100 and 200, but he was also a guy who it seemed weight training would have lifted to the next level.

Definitely a Boling fan. I mean why not be but I don’t think he destroyed anyone. The lsu kid was actually closing on him which surprised me.

Comp for the USA 200m is going to be crazy.