Matthew Boling breaks record en route to 3 state gold medals

AUSTIN, Texas -- As Matthew Boling made his way across the infield grass inside Mike A Myers Stadium, a police escort followed on his left hip.[br /][br /]Boling, the 18-year-old track phenom from Strake Jesuit, has seen his fame grow nationwide in the past two weeks after posting a sub-10-second time in the 100-meter dash.[br /][Ads /][br /]"I knew I'd start getting more attention because it's more of a spotlight race but I didn't think it'd be like this," Boling said after breaking the national record on Saturday.[br /][br /]The attention around Boling started at a meet after Spring Break when he posted a time of 10.22. Then his time continued to get lower and lower.[br /][br /]What is crazy is Boling had never run the 100-meter dash before this season.[br /][br /]As more videos surfaced on social media of his races, the attention around the Georgia-track signee exploded.[br /][br /]Boling currently has 13,900 followers on Twitter and another 65,800 followers on Instagram.[br /][Ads /][br /][b][url HREF="http://vypetexas.com/houston/2019/05/12/feature-boling-handled-national-attention-in-stride/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]Read more about Boling's amazing journey over at Vype Houston.[/url][/b][br /][br /][b]RELATED:[/b][br /][b][url HREF="https://abc13.com/sports/houston-teen-runs-fastest-100m-dash-in-high-school-history/5278539/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]Houston teen runs fastest 100m dash in high school history[/url][/b][br /][media ID="5278464" /][br /][br /][b][url HREF="https://abc13.com/sports/houstons-strake-jesuit-boasts-fastest-man-in-us/5210360/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]Houston's Strake Jesuit boasts fastest times in US[/url][/b][br /][Ads /][br /][media ID="5210496" /][br /][br /][b][url HREF="https://abc13.com/sports/abc13-up-close-with-houstons-best-high-school-athletes-/5243541/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]ABC13 up close with Houston's best high school athletes[/url][/b][br /][media ID="5243493" /][br /][br /][b][url HREF="https://abc13.com/sports/track-stars-shine-at-vype-photoshoot/5235865/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]Track stars shine at VYPE photoshoot[/url][/b][/b][br /][media ID="5236173" /]