Matthew Boling & Elija Godwin lead World #1 4x200m | [Georgia v Texas - Texas Relays] 

100% Agree.

Yeah, the 3rd Georgia exchange was terrible and yet they still won with a world-leading time.

was just about to write the same thing lol, 3rd leg almost had to stop to hand over to 4th

even faster with the anchor not taking time to swap the baton to his right hand.

exchanges that bad should not be happening at that level. They should be embarrassed. That fact that hey still won with a terrific time shouldn’t make them complacent. A better exchange could shave aight to a quarter of a second off that time.

Definitely would’ve been 1.19

Seriously, that last pass was horrid

Did you see him in their 4x1? Looked funny, but he was motorin' . . .

And people rag on Boling's form...but no matter how you get there Elijah's savage fast.

UTSA doing pretty good work!

I think I filmed it, but I haven't reviewed everything yet.

Yep, he’s made vast improvements as has Boling. Great to see!

depends on the event.

UGA!

No 4x2 at Ncca championships

some of them. I have to work on other things for a few days so check within the next few weeks.

This is his first race of the outdoor season and the only event he ran at the Texas Relays. He will be fine

​@@jjgreen5206 he did the 4x400 too, which they also won.

The one race I missed and wish I hadn't. 😟

He's been doing it every year, not to mention, he does the long jump too. Not uncommon for collegiate athletes. Pretty sure he won't run nearly as much at the professional level

Wow! Thanks for commenting.

Did not realize that the city of Abilene actually changed the spelling of their name after 1956. :)

Was it 200 yards or meters? I bet it was yards at that time.

880 yards is longer tha 800 meters, so same time equals faster 880yrd relay

I know! I wish I would have known he was running 2nd.. would have focused on him more.

His split was under twenty...like 19.8

He's really not though. Indoors he only ran 7 races before SECs and NCAAs which is by far not a lot considering he only did one individual and one relay at those meets which makes the load even lighter. On top of that this legit was his season opener for outdoors. He only ran THREE races, all relays over a span of TWO days which is more than enough recovery. the 4x1, the 4x2, and the 4x4 again over a span of TWO days. He never ran the open 100 or the open 200 so I have no idea where you made that all up from. This is also very common to open up the season for an elite level sprinter with relays. They literally only have 4 meets before SEC's and NCAAs which are back to back weekends so I don't get where you talk about him being burnt out in three weeks. He needs to be race ready and again he ONLY ran one meet this outdoor season with the US champs and Worlds this year he can't afford to not be in top shape come championship time.

He has cut way back on races so far this year - he'll be fine

@@kennethcoleman1378 My friend, I'm not making things up; I observe. Did you see his schedule last year? Even the way he ran races? If you really are interested in MB, you would know better. I am a fan and would not like him to vanish off the scene. Go research Michael Johnson, see how he pace his races. Listen and watch Wade Van Niekerk, and how he also made changes to his race, even after breaking the World 400m record.

​@@sbok9481 I share your concern but it does appear SO FAR this year UGA hasn't muled Boling nearly as much.I believe UGA OWES BOLING to give him his best chance at an NCAA OUTDOOR INDIVIDUAL TITLE before he leaves by not using him dry before the Regionals and Finals.He's been an ultimate team runner that's sacrificed two excellent national teams opportunities which turning pro would've given him.The last two years he's competed in fifty plus events in twenty one forty plus events last year(winter then spring seasons) before he even got to the USA trials.This year it's been less and I think they owe it to him to keep it that way.

@@sbok9481 You are literally comparing PROFESSIONAL athletes(400m runners at that when Bolings race is the 200 not the 400 so idk why you are doing that) with collegiate athletes who are being paid by their schools to compete there. Boling is a student athlete not a pro, he doesn't run for a living yet thus he does not have all the time in the world to just train and race when it's convenient or the right time. Literally Abbey Steiner ran 10 times more races than he did last year and STILL became the US champ and made the world championship team and won two gold medals and didn't "vanish off the scene" Same thing goes for Elijah Godwin HIS ACTUAL TEAMMATE at Georgia who raced the SAME amount of races as he did and still made the US team last year and won multiple world championship medals. You clearly didn't observe enough, he only had 5 meets last year before champs where he legit only ran FIVE individual races before SEC's and NCAAs, I get you're a fan but you literally have no argument here if anything Boling was under raced last year.