Houston teen runs fastest 100m dash in high school history

Wednesday, May 1, 2019
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- It wasn't enough for Strake Jesuit's Matthew Boling to post personal records last month in the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the TSU Relays.

For those races, he ran times of 10.22 and 20.58 seconds, respectively.
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Boling's latest flirtation with track immortality came over the weekend, when he posted a 9.98-second 100 meters at the 6A Boys Regionals meet in Houston. It was good enough for a world record set at the high school level.

In video shared by the Twitter account of ESPN's SportsCenter, Boling won wire-to-wire in the heat, with plenty of room between him and his closest competitor.

The crowd at the meet reacts loudly when the sub-10-second time is posted on the scoreboard.



To put that time into context, Usain Bolt's world record in the 100-meter dash is 9.58 seconds.

And if that wasn't enough, Boling picked up a Vype Award the following day as the Houston area's top men's track athlete.
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"My start was pretty good," Boling said of the impressive meet. "I just talked to myself to keep pushing."

Boling, a senior at the College Preparatory Academy in southwest Houston, committed to University of Georgia.

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