Matthew Boling ain't got nothing. White Italian runs windy 9.97

he's 20

Wind-aided.

The worst start you'll ever see.

Holy crap he almost interfered with the guy on his left.

Looked like 45 strides. Basically same height and weight as Boling.

I could see a 9.97 legal from Boling just before turing age 21 next season.

Let's face it, a long way from a 9.67.

9.67 wrote:

Looked like 45 strides. Basically same height and weight as Boling.

I could see a 9.97 legal from Boling just before turing age 21 next season.

Let's face it, a long way from a 9.67.

He’s 18, how can he turn 21 next season?

notsprintgeezer wrote:

https://www.european-athletics.org/news/article=tortu-clocks-wind-aided-100m-rieti/index.html?cid=r

he wind speed was slightly above the legal limit at 2.4 m/s but Tortu stopped the clock at a nonetheless eye-catching time of 9.97 after clocking 10.08 in the heats. The 20-year-old recovered from a sluggish start in the final to hold off Canada’s Aaron Brown (10.00) with France’s Amaury Golitin third in 10.11.

Boling can run 20 low, 44.x in the 400, and he long jumps over 8 meters, all as an 18 year old high schooler... It's foolish to say he "ain't got nothing." They are simply two athletes at slightly different stages of development, but there is no sound argument that concludes that Tortu is the better athlete given Boling's well-roundedness and top-end potential in the 100.

He already ran sub-10 last year but got beaten at the Euro Champs: https://video.eurosport.com/athletics/european-championships/2018/zharnel-hughes-leads-home-british-one-two-in-100m-final_vid1113527/video.shtml

Rieti is a short track.

Lots of world records, european records, all-comers, and you still believe at the fairy tale of a short track? Poor man.

Shady math wrote:

9.67 wrote:

Looked like 45 strides. Basically same height and weight as Boling.

I could see a 9.97 legal from Boling just before turing age 21 next season.

Let's face it, a long way from a 9.67.

He’s 18, how can he turn 21 next season?

But he only looks 17

9.67 wrote:

Looked like 45 strides. Basically same height and weight as Boling.

I could see a 9.97 legal from Boling just before turing age 21 next season.

Let's face it, a long way from a 9.67.

Wth is 9.67??

JumpsDoctor wrote:

Boling can run 20 low, 44.x in the 400, and he long jumps over 8 meters, all as an 18 year old high schooler... It's foolish to say he "ain't got nothing." They are simply two athletes at slightly different stages of development, but there is no sound argument that concludes that Tortu is the better athlete given Boling's well-roundedness and top-end potential in the 100.

20-mid, 45-low/45-mid (44.75 doesn’t convert to sub-45), and 8.01.

Anyone got any details on what kind of European-American Boling is anyway? Dutch? German? From the Norse perhaps?

Boling will be at 9.8 next year. Who would have guessed Boling and Bednarek would be in the mix?

9.67?? wrote:

9.67 wrote:

Looked like 45 strides. Basically same height and weight as Boling.

I could see a 9.97 legal from Boling just before turing age 21 next season.

Let's face it, a long way from a 9.67.

Wth is 9.67??

New American record

Stop exaggerating wrote:

JumpsDoctor wrote:

Boling can run 20 low, 44.x in the 400, and he long jumps over 8 meters, all as an 18 year old high schooler... It's foolish to say he "ain't got nothing." They are simply two athletes at slightly different stages of development, but there is no sound argument that concludes that Tortu is the better athlete given Boling's well-roundedness and top-end potential in the 100.

20-mid, 45-low/45-mid (44.75 doesn’t convert to sub-45), and 8.01.

Maybe if you re-read my post, you'll notice I said he "can" run those times. As in he is "capable" of running those times. Which is he is, easily.

woooooow wrote:

Wind-aided.

The worst start you'll ever see.

Holy crap he almost interfered with the guy on his left.

You can tell you know nothing about sprints

Tortu has already broken 10 seconds with a legal wind reading, so comparing him to Boling is pointless.

Shady math wrote:

9.67 wrote:

Looked like 45 strides. Basically same height and weight as Boling.

I could see a 9.97 legal from Boling just before turing age 21 next season.

Let's face it, a long way from a 9.67.

He’s 18, how can he turn 21 next season?

Boiling will flip to 19 in three weeks. He will be 20 during the core of next track season.

JumpsDoctor wrote:

Stop exaggerating wrote:

20-mid, 45-low/45-mid (44.75 doesn’t convert to sub-45), and 8.01.

Maybe if you re-read my post, you'll notice I said he "can" run those times. As in he is "capable" of running those times. Which is he is, easily.

Mo Farah was capable of running in the 12:40s for the 5k, but never did. Kejelcha was capable of medaling at worlds in the 5k, but was 4th twice. I’m not saying you’re wrong about his capabilities; I’m sure he can run times around there in the future (along with a wind legal sub 10), but his capabilities are honestly irrelevant in this conversation.