Matthew Boling, Strake Jesuit Boling contributed to four first-place finishes for the Crusaders at the Region III-6A track and field meet. He won the 100-meter with a wind aided time of 9.98 seconds and won the long jump with a mark of 25-0.200. He also ran on the 400-meter relay team that took gold with a time of 40.72 seconds and anchored the 1,600-meter relay team to a victory in three minutes, 13.7 seconds. He helped the Crusaders win their second straight Region 3-6A team title. What coach Chad Collier said: "Boys did a great job today and anytime they come out. It's not about themselves, they compete for each other, they compete for the community, special things can happen."<doc-sep>Matthew Boling is a high school senior who ran a wind-aided 100-meter dash in 9.98 seconds. Boling attends Strake Jesuit College Prep (Houston) and can now boast the fastest open high school 100-meter time under all conditions. At this year's Texas state meet, Boling ran a wind-legal personal best and tied the Texas high school record at 10.13 in the 100 meter race. He also ran a national best 44.74 in the 4x400-meter relay to help his team overcome a three second deficit and win. His wind-legal personal best in the 200 meters is 20.58. Next fall, Boling will run for the University of Georgia's track team. Boling also competed in the long jump at this weekend's Region 3-6A Track Championship and won with a leap of 25 feet, 2 inches. Boling was also a member of the boy's 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relay. "It definitely felt good," Boling told the Houston Chronicleafter the race. "My block start was pretty good and right out of the gate I knew it was going to be fast, so I decided to turn it up a little bit and ran my best. I was really happy with the time." According to the regional meet's results, the wind reading during his race was marked at 4.2 m/s, which means it is not eligible for a national record. Wind readings must be 2.0 m/s or lower in order to be record eligible. The current U.S. high school record is 10.00 (1.6 m/s wind) by Trentavis Friday from July 2014. Friday went on to attend Florida State for one year before turning professional. His personal best in the 100 meters remains 10.00. NBC Sports analyst and Olympic medalist Ato Boldon chimed in about Boling's performance on Twitter by saying, "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." Olympic medalist and San Francisco 49ers wide reciever Marquise Goodwin shared his praise by commenting on Boling's Instagram video, "You gon go faster." Some on the internet may be quick to put Boling's time in the same conversation as Usain Bolt or where he would place in the 2016 Olympic final, remember he's a very young athlete. In order to make the U.S. Olympic team, you have to finish third at the U.S. Olympic Trials, which making the final required a wind-legal 10.01 in 2016. Then, Marvin Bracy took third in 9.98 in a race that featured a 1.6 m/s wind reading. In 2018, eight men recording wind-legal sub-10 performances including Christian Coleman's world-leading time of 9.79, which tied him for the seventh-fastest man of all-time. Boling has plenty of time to establish himself as a future Olympic team contender.<doc-sep>Matthew Boling led Strake Jesuit (Houston, Texas) broke the national 100-meter time all conditions time on Saturday, finishing the run in 9.98 seconds. He’s the first high school runner to beat the 10-second mark since Trayvon Bromell finished in 9.99 — also with wind aid — in 2013, according to MileSplit. Boling’s time was wind-aided at 4.2 miles per hour so it won’t count as an official record. PRESEASON: ALL-USA Preseason Track Team The national record for a 100-meter race without wind aid is 10.00 seconds, according to MileSplit. It was last run by Trentavis Friday in 2014 However, Boling’s 100-meter run is the fastest in any condition in high school history. Here’s a video of his record-breaking run: Boling, named to the ALL-USA Preseason Track and Field Team, has been on a tear this season. On Saturday, he ran the 100-meter dash, anchored the victorious 1,600-meter relay and won the long jump at 25 feet, 2 inches, according to the Houston Chronicle. In doing so, he led Strake Jesuit to a Class 6A Region III track and field meet victory. According to the Houston Chronicle, it is his first year running the open 100 and already leads the nation in that race and the 200.<doc-sep>
WEBSTER — Strake Jesuit senior Matthew Boling had already spent the day wooing the crowd at Challenger Columbia Stadium. But then, he has been wowing since March. What was one more race to keep people talking before the state track and field meet in two weeks? Boling's wind-aided 9.98 in the 100-meter dash was the show-stopper on the way to Strake Jesuit's second straight team title at the Class 6A Region III track and field meet. The 4.2 mph wind prevents it from counting officially as a national record, but it's the fastest open 100 time in all conditions in high school history. "It definitely felt good," Boling said. "My block start was pretty good and right out of the gate I knew it was going to be fast, so I decided to turn it up a little bit and ran my best. I was really happy with the time." Boling earlier had jumped 25 feet, 2 inches to win the long jump. He also teamed with Job Trahan, Malik Campbell and Denzel Blackwell on Strake Jesuit's 400-meter relay team to capture first in a time of 40.72. The 1,600-meter relay, which Boling also anchored, finished the day with a speedy exclamation point, winning in 3:13.7. Boling has been a revelation this season. He had never run the open 100 until this year. At the area meet, he raced to a 10.11 in the open 100 and 20.55 in the 200. His wind-legal times of 10.22 in the 100 and 20.58 in the 200 were still tops in the nation heading into regionals, and it's the same for a 26-3.5 long jump. What makes the day special for Strake Jesuit coach Chad Collier is the Crusaders got points in nine events at regionals. "Boys did a great job today and anytime they come out," Collier said. "It's not about themselves, they compete for each other, they compete for the community, special things can happen."