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Georgia track star Matthew Boling announces pro decision

Georgia Bulldogs men’s track standout Matthew Boling makes decision regarding his professional future

The Georgia Bulldogs men’s tracks standout Matthew Boling has announced his intentions to turn professional instead of returning to Georgia for another year.

Matthew Boling plans to train for the 2024 Olympics, which will be held in Paris, France.

This August, the Georgia track standout ran a leg of Team USA’s world record-setting 4×400 mixed and men’s meter relay. Team USA earned gold in the mixed relay, with a record time of 3:08.80, at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Boling helped Georgia finish seventh place at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Boling finishes his four season season career at Georgia as a14-time first-team All-American. In high school, Bolding was named as the Gatorade national boys track and field player of the year.

Matthew Boling finished second in the 200-meter final with a strong time of 20.13 seconds in the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Boling announce his plans to turn pro via social media:

Georgia track and field will miss Matthew Boling, but Bulldog fans can’t help but be optimistic about his future. Boling will try to qualify for the Olympics. U.S. Olympic trials are held in Eugene, Oregon.

Matthew Boling, Georgia Bulldogs finish 5th at NCAA Championships

The Georgia Bulldogs men’s track team has finished in fifth place and the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

The Georgia Bulldogs men’s track team has finished in fifth place at the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Matthew Boling, Elija Godwin, Darius Carbin, and Kyle Garland all preformed well for the Bulldogs.

Georgia entered the meet as the top ranked men’s track program in the country. The Bulldogs ended the event with 32 points and a great fifth place finish. The Florida Gators won the national championship thanks to some impressive performances from athletes like Joseph Fahnbulleh at the Eugene, Oregon, event.

Georgia’s Kyle Garland showed off his versatility and finished third in the decathlon. Elija Godwin finished third in the 400-meter final and set a school record with a time of 44.50 seconds. Darius Carbin finished second in the high jump with a final jump of 2.24 meters.

Additionally, Matthew Boling finished second in the 200-meter final. He posted a strong time of 20.13 seconds.

Boling came in sixth place in the 100-meter final. He may be a little bit disappointed in the result, but is only a sophomore.

Florida’s Joseph Fahnbulleh won both the 100 and 200 to help the Gators win a national championship. Florida finished with 54 points.

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Photos: Georgia Bulldogs at NCAA Track & Field Championships

The Georgia Bulldogs entered the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships as the No. 1 team in the country.

The Georgia Bulldogs are among the top teams at the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The championships are being held at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon.

In fact, the Georgia men’s track and field team enters the competition with the top ranking in the nation. Georgia, Texas, LSU, Florida State, and BYU are among the favorites to win a national championship on the men’s side.

Georgia stars Matthew Boling and Kyle Garland will need to have a big week for the Bulldogs.

The Georgia women’s track and field team is not as much of a contender to win a national title. The women’s team is the No. 22 team in the country and has steadily improved throughout the season after beginning the year ranked No. 49. Texas, Texas Tech, Florida, Texas A&M, and LSU are the top five ranked women’s track and field programs entering the weekend.

Let’s take a look at some of the best photos of Georgia Bulldogs during the first two days of the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, which end on June 11.

Georgia’s Matthew Boling wins track and field championship

Georgia Bulldogs track star Matthew Boling won an indoor track and field national championship in the 200m race.

Georgia Bulldogs track star Matthew Boling won an indoor track and field national championship in the 200m race. Boling topped LSU’s Terrance Laird with a razor thing .01 second advantage.

Boling’s performance helped the Dawgs finish third. His 200m time of 20.19 seconds would have tied the sixth-place finisher at the 2016 Olympics. Boling is still only a sophomore at Georgia, so he’s got plenty of time to improve in his craft.

Boling’s time of 20.19 is the sixth-best 200m in college track history. Congratulations to Matthew Boling, who is also among the top competitors in the long jump event.

Mar 13, 2021; Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA; Matthew Boling of Georgia wins the 200m in 20.19 during the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Randal Tyson Center. From left: Boling, Terrance Laird (LSU), Javonte Harding (North Caroina A&T) and Lance Lang (Kentucky) Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

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UGA track star Matthew Boling breaks one of Champ Bailey’s records

UGA track athlete Matthew Boling has broken former Georgia Bulldog legend Champ Bailey’s long jump record

Matthew Boling, the talented Georgia track sophomore, is capping off a record setting 2021 season. Boling has broken former Georgia Bulldog legend Champ Bailey’s long jump record.

Boling continues to dominate indoor track and will look to break more records in the spring outdoor season after COVID-19 cut last year short. Boling will participate in more events today, but it is looking like Arkansas will repeat as Men’s SEC Indoor Track champions.

The Georgia Women’s Track & Field team has a chance to win the SEC Indoor Track championship though.

Despite setting a University of Georgia record, Boling finished fourth in the long jump event. LSU’s JuVaughn Harrison set a meet record with a 27-foot-4 long jump. The silver lining for Boling is that he outperformed everybody who is a sophomore or younger.

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Georgia track star Matthew Boling sprints back to glory

UGA track star Matthew Boling continues to shine

Matthew Boling, the lightning-fast Georgia track sophomore, is already off to a roll in the 2021 season.

Boling continues to dominate on the indoor circuit, while looking to break more records in the spring outdoor season after COVID-19 cut last year short.

Take a look at this incredible clip.

Wow!

Mecole Hardman and Georgia track star Matthew Boling jokingly agree to 100m race

Former Georgia football WR and current KC Chiefs speedster Mecole Hardman jokingly agreed to a 100m race with UGA track star Matthew Boling.

First, the Twitter battle:

If you’ve been active on Twitter the past two days, you may have scrolled across a debate taking place between some high-profile athletes.

What’s the debate topic, you ask?

Which state has better high school football players, Georgia or Texas? 

You can see a summary of the Twitter war here

This dispute began when Hardman, who attended Elbert County High School in Georgia, replied to Tampa Bay Bucs wide receiver Mike Evans’ (who is from Texas) tweet about Texas football being the best in the country.

From there, things got wild. Dez Bryant got in on it. As did Nick Chubb and Patrick Mahomes.

Eagles cornerback Darius Slay, Seahawks safety Quandre Diggs, Redskins’ Landon Collins and Georgia wide receiver Lawrence Cager all said their piece as well.

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Matthew Boling vs Mecole Hardman:

Regarding a Texas vs Georgia all-star team, Nick Chubb tweeted that he would “run through anybody from Texas.” (Maybe the most trash talking Chubb’s ever done)

Mecole’s response is as follows:

Mecole’s tweet caught the eye of current Georgia track star Matthew Boling, who ran a wind-aided 9.98 second time in the 100-meter dash – an all-time all-conditions record.

Boling may be a Georgia Bulldog, but he hails from Houston, Texas and had to get in on the battle.

Boling responded to Mecole’s tweet with a simple cap emoji. For those who are a little out of touch with the current slang, cap apparently means that someone is lying. So, in simpler terms, Boling said that Mecole was lying about being able to outrun anybody from Texas.

That’s when Mecole, referencing Boling’s 9.98 second time in the 100-meter dash, told Boling that his speed would not translate to the football field.

Boling heard Mecole’s rebuttal and requested a race in the 100 meter dash.

Mecole wasted no time, and within an hour the two had agreed to what would be an epic showdown.

Sadly, it’ll never happen. But how incredible would it be if the two Georgia Bulldogs actually did pull off this race? That would be a quarantine classic.