ATHENS, Ga. --- Georgia junior Matthew Boling has been named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Men's Athlete of the Week for the second time in 2022, according to a USTFCCCA announcement Tuesday.
 
Boling, a native of Houston, Texas, earned a similar honor during this year's indoor season in January.  His latest accolade gives the Bulldog men five National Athlete of the Week honors outdoors in history.  Karel Tilga was the last Georgia male to earn the honor (April 13, 2021).  In fact, all four of the others were decathletes (Tilga, Devon Williams, Garrett Scantling, Maicel Uibo).
 
Boling shot out of the blocks in the 200-meter dash at the Georgia Tech Invitational to top his former school record of 20.06 from last year with a 19.92 into a -0.9 meter/second wind over the weekend in Atlanta.  This made him the No. 10 all-time collegiate performer with the No. 12 all-time collegiate performance.  Boling leads the nation in the event and is tied for third in the world this year.
 
The current wind-legal national leader in the 100m as well, Boling also ran a leg on the winning 4x400m relay after the Bulldog foursome clocked a 3:06.10 with the next team nearly two seconds behind them.
 
Up Next: The Bulldogs play host to this year's only home meet, the fifth-annual Torrin Lawrence Memorial, at the Spec Towns Track in Athens, Ga., on Friday-Saturday.