His time or place didn't matter in this particular competition. It was just sprinter Matthew Boling against the posted speed limit sign on a quiet street. For fun, he wanted to see if he could equal — ...

His time or place didn’t matter in this particular competition. It was just sprinter Matthew Boling against the posted speed limit sign on a quiet street. For fun, he wanted to see if he could equal — ...

Boling started to view himself as a short sprinter, and in late April he settled into the blocks at regionals. He could feel wind blowing at his back. He had watched abnormally fast girls' heats. He ...

One would think we have seen perfection in Matthew Boling sprinting down the track, leaving runners in his wake. The straight-up posture, those powerful strides, a mid-race acceleration that can be ...

LIGHTNING FAST: Strake Jesuit’s Matthew Boling pushes himself at the end of the boys’ 6A 100-meter dash to set a national record at the UIL State Track & Field Championships in Austin, Texas, Saturday ...

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