Georgia track signee Matthew Boling shines at Pan-American U20 races

Matthew Boling, the fastest high-school runner in the nation and future Georgia track star, brought home a handful of hardware this weekend from the Pan-American U20 games.

The 19-year-old Texas native led Team USA to a 4×100 record relay record while also running a 10.11 second 100-meter time and a 20.31 second 200-meter time for two more first-place finishes.

USA goes 1️⃣ and 2️⃣in the 200m final!

Matt Boling: 20.31🥇
Kennedy Lightner: 20.56🥈

— FloTrack (@FloTrack) July 21, 2019

Four words you never want to hear in a race: “here comes Matthew Boling”😱

Watch him in the finals tonight at Pan Ams, live on FloTrack! pic.twitter.com/gfDYdSFWrO

— FloTrack (@FloTrack) July 19, 2019

Boling was competing in Costa Rica over the weekend before returning to the ‘States for the fall semester at UGA in August.