Posted on 04/30/2019 11:28:39 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
A Texas high school sprinter set an incredible mark at a 100-meter event Saturday. Matthew Boling, of Strake Jesuit College Prep in Houston, set a 9.98 mark at the Region III-6A track and field event. The 18-year-old posted a video of his sprint on Twitter and said New PR and 100m high school record all conditions, 9.98. Other social media users immediately dubbed him White Lightning.
Bolings mark was the fastest time by an American under 20 years old, according to Yahoo Australia. However, the mark wouldnt be considered a national record because he received a 4.2 mph tailwind. Boling was already setting fast marks in March, according to KHOU-TV. He ran 10.22 seconds in a 100-meter dash and 20.58 seconds in a 200-meter dash.
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LOLlers!
Coach Saban has him coming to Bama next week.
If he can catch a football the University Of Alabama does.
Yeah. Gazelle. Scipio “Sam” Mussabini may denounce overstriding, but this lad put it to good use.
Rick Barry used to mock himself as a white guy who could not jump - he was always comparing himself to Julius Erving - but that was not true.
He played 12 of 14 seasons without cartilage in his left (launching) knee. He seldom dunked because a layup was just as effective, and saved his knees from further abuse.
Photos of him at Miami and in early NBA show that he was extremely athletic: quick, fast, and able to sky for a rebound. He was double digits in rebounds in university, and in his Rookie-of-the-Year inaugural NBA season.
The proof of the pudding? His son, Brent Barry, used those genes to win the 1996 NBA Slam Dunk Contest. His father once attributed it to his Lithuanian genes.
Perhaps he would call it racist white privilege.
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