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notorious 08:50 AM 05-12-2019
Houston high school runner Matthew Boling breaks national record in 100-meter dash

Yahoo

Ryan Young

Houston high school sprinter Matthew Boling has garnered immense national attention on the track in recent months.

On Saturday, the 18-year-old took that to a new level.

Boling ran the 100-meter dash at the Texas UIL state track and field championships at the University of Texas in Austin in just 10.13 seconds — breaking a 29-year-old national record.

The Strake Jesuit high school senior made headlines earlier this month after his performance at the Texas Region III-6A track meet when he ran the 100-meter dash in just 9.98 seconds — which marked the fastest all-conditions mark ever recorded by a high school sprinter. Boling was helped by a tailwind of just more than twice the legal limit at that meet, however.

He backed that up on Saturday, though, with his wind-legal time still setting the new national record — and he still thinks he can go faster.

“Honestly when I looked at the race before us and saw that the wind was 1.3, I was like 'Oh, I'm excited,’” Boling said, via the Houston Chronicle. “Because after last week, everyone was like 'Oh, the wind wasn't legal' and stuff like that. So I was like 'Alright, I'll just drop a fast time today.’”

The Georgia signee won the long jump earlier on Saturday, too, at 25 feet and 4.5 inches in just two jumps. He currently holds the Texas record at 26-3.5, which is the seventh-best distance in high school track and field history.

"I wasn't aiming for any big records," Boling said, via the Houston Chronicle. "Like in the long jump I only took two jumps because I just wanted to be rested because I had so many events today. I just had to do my job and get as many points for the team as possible."

Boling, naturally, drew plenty of eyes at the meet on Saturday. He even had a police escort with him as he walked around the stadium.

That attention, he said, actually pushes him.

And at the rate he’s going, that’s all but certain to be a good thing.

“I look up and whenever I see the crowd get up to start videoing and watching, it definitely gets me hyped,” Boling said, via the Houston Chronicle. “That's what I love about the 100. Everyone comes to watch it and it's really fun. I got out well and I was just happy with it and the build-up and anticipation was a lot of adrenaline, but it was really fun.”



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Monty 03:37 PM 05-12-2019
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
His lean was weak. Start wasn’t great. Still a hell of a race.
Agreed. If he gets his start figured out, he’ll have a shot without the juice.
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Discuss Thrower 03:40 PM 05-12-2019
Originally Posted by RJ:
Imagine how fast he'd be if he was black.
All right, thanks for that Jimmy the Greek.
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Simply Red 03:59 PM 05-12-2019
Originally Posted by notorious:
There is not a single wasted motion.
Going to make a good piece of shit
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Valiant 09:56 AM 05-13-2019
Originally Posted by stevieray:
white men can't jump.

that's a hell of a stride.
Well the best dunker in the world is white also.
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HemiEd 02:08 PM 05-13-2019
Some really enjoyable news, thanks for posting.
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kccrow 05:48 PM 05-13-2019
Originally Posted by LoneWolf:
I see your understanding of 100 meter records and the difference between running 9.98 and 9.58 is about as good as your knowledge of the age of the Earth.
Who's understanding is what?

In studies of the times of World Class sprinters at age 19 versus times of their personal record, most generally improve 3.3 +/- 1.5% (1.8 to 4.8%) and their mean time to that is 8.7 +/- 3.8 years. That is, most run their fastest in their mid-20s. If he improves at the low end, he should reach a peak of 9.95 (based on his 10.13 without wind). If he improves at the high end, he would reach a peak of approximately 9.64. Since he hasn't been sprinting long, it isn't out of the realm of possibility that he could get on the higher end. Some sprinters have improved around 6% although the likelihood of that is a bit slim. IF he were to reach that realm he'd definitely end up in that 9.58 range. Now, will he? I doubt it. I don't doubt he could be an Olympic sprinter though and definitely could get in the Gatlin range with some work.
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alpha_omega 08:31 PM 05-13-2019
Originally Posted by kccrow:
Who's understanding is what?

In studies of the times of World Class sprinters at age 19 versus times of their personal record, most generally improve 3.3 +/- 1.5% (1.8 to 4.8%) and their mean time to that is 8.7 +/- 3.8 years. That is, most run their fastest in their mid-20s. If he improves at the low end, he should reach a peak of 9.95 (based on his 10.13 without wind). If he improves at the high end, he would reach a peak of approximately 9.64. Since he hasn't been sprinting long, it isn't out of the realm of possibility that he could get on the higher end. Some sprinters have improved around 6% although the likelihood of that is a bit slim. IF he were to reach that realm he'd definitely end up in that 9.58 range. Now, will he? I doubt it. I don't doubt he could be an Olympic sprinter though and definitely could get in the Gatlin range with some work.
That is some serious analysis. Rep.
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Naptown Chief 08:35 PM 05-13-2019
Originally Posted by carcosa:
Yeah, he's only 2,982 years younger than the earth!!
:-)
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Setsuna 03:00 AM 05-14-2019
Originally Posted by LoneWolf:
EighTEEN.
WOW! I never noticed that before!

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ClevelandBronco 07:11 AM 05-14-2019
If this guy ever decides he’s a woman, he’s going to own every record out there.
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Sorry 07:37 AM 05-14-2019
Originally Posted by Setsuna:
Is 18 considered a teenager still? I thought they all become adults at that age :-)
18 is a kid. Hell in some cases looking back 21 is a kid.
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BleedingRed 07:40 AM 05-14-2019
Originally Posted by stevieray:
Amen!


...it's racist as hell.
He’s a student of the game
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TEX 07:55 AM 05-14-2019
I went to Houston Strake Jesuit HS. They've always had a strong track team and athletic program in general. They're a 5A private school that competes with the larger 6A public schools. Back in the day, they were a TCIL 3A school (smaller than regular 3A) that competed with public 5A schools, which at that time was the largest rating for schools in the state. What has helped their program is the high level of competition.
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Setsuna 08:29 AM 05-14-2019
Originally Posted by Sorry:
18 is a kid. Hell in some cases looking back 21 is a kid.
So you would be ok with that "kid" dating your 13 year old daughter, or 12 year old daughter? They are both kids right? At what point are they not kids? I'm just trying to understand your stupidity.
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Urc Burry 08:52 AM 05-14-2019
https://twitter.com/vypehouston/stat...697839105?s=21

Can’t get it to embed. Ran a 44.74 as the final leg in the 4x400 to comeback and win. Insane
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