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Remember the name Matthew Boling, because we’ll undoubtedly be watching him run at the Olympic level, maybe as early as next summer in Tokyo.
Boling, a senior at Strake Jesuit high school in Houston and a University of Georgia track & field signee, clocked in with the fastest 100-meter time under “all conditions” in high school history on Saturday. At 9.98 seconds, Boling became just the second sub-10 ever by a high school sprinter. The unfortunate thing about the record-setting sprint is that Boling was aided by a wind reading of 4.2 meters/second, which would make the attempt outside legal requirements, hence the “all conditions” qualifier.
Four-time Olympic medalist Ato Boldon weighed in on the stipulation:
Texas high-schooler @matthew_boling1 ran 9.98 with a +4.2 wind today.
Converts to 10.16 with zero wind-aid.
As a sub-ten guy, I’ll say this: sometimes you have to run a time wind-aided first, before you can run it with legal wind.— Ato Boldon (@AtoBoldon) April 27, 2019
Check out Boling blow away the competition below:
New PR and 100m high school record all conditions, 9.98 #AMDG pic.twitter.com/bLAekQnx0z
— Matthew Boling (@matthew_boling1) April 28, 2019
For perspective, the previous record for a 100-meter sprint in any conditions was 9.9 seconds, set by Trayvon Bromell in 2013, in comparable wind conditions of plus-4.0. Bromwell finished 8th in the 100-meter dash at the 2016 Rio Olympics, with a time of 10.06.
Here’s another angle:
🚨9.98🚨 (+4.2)
Matt Boling runs the fastest all conditions 100m in HS history!pic.twitter.com/OIKhcJNPu4— Travis Miller (@travismillerx13) April 27, 2019
Boling’s season consisted of the following 100-meter times: 10.28, 10.22, 10.21, 10.20, 10.43, 10.11, 10.39, 9.98.
No caption needed……🤐 #8900dreamteam #⚡️ pic.twitter.com/OPw6GxgaGy
— Strake Jesuit Track/XC (@sj_track) April 27, 2019
UGA football needs to get this dude off the track and on kick return immediately.