I'll make a Boling prediction:
If you look at the US Olympic Trials there is a good 3 day break between the final of the 400m and the opening round of the 200m. It would make sense for him to enter the 200m as well as the 400m just in case something goes wrong in the 400 - he would then still have the opportunity to make the team via the 200. Boling, however, does not currently have an automatic qualifying time of 20.30 for the 200 and his best legal time in the qualifying window is a 20.52. There's no guarantee that time will make the field. Look for him to run a 200m race in the next two weeks. If conditions are good and he's just recently started up his speed training phase, then I predict he PRs in the 200m.
If he does that he'll go into the 400m trials strong, fast, and confident. I think he'll have a decent shot of making one of the three individual spots and definitely will make the final 6 which will justify him getting to at least run the preliminary heat in the men's 4x400m as well as the mixed relay. I'll predict he comes away from the Olympics with two gold medals and an outside shot of possibly winning an individual. I think there is also a good chance that after the Olympics he could PR in the 100m as well.
I know we're all a little disappointed in what Boling has accomplished since setting the national high school 100m record. Of course we are. But here's something very positive I noticed:
He has not had one single setback year. He has improved in something every single season:
2020: Indoor 6.68pb, indoor 20.66 pb, 7.5 indoor long jump pb (Covid year - no outdoors)
2021: Indoor 6.64pb, indoor 20.19pb NCAA 200m indoor champion, 20.06 outdoor pb, 45.51 400m indoor pb, 8.07 long jump pb
2022: indoor 6.56pb, 19.92 200m pb, 100m 9.98pb, 8.25 long jump pb,
2023: indoor 20.12pb NCAA 200m indoor champion, 45.17 400m outdoor pb,
2 outdoor World Championship Gold Medals
2024: indoor 45.47 400m pb, outdoor 44.98 400m pb
So Far
every. single. year. he. has. improved. fact.
Considering he ran an ungodly number of races in college and never sustained any serious injury is very positive. I'd say he's more likely to be a volcano that is about to explode than an athlete that is just going to fade out.
More predictions:
2025: he'll focus again on the 400m for the world championships
2026: Off-year - use to rest and compete in very few races. Maybe chase a PR at the end of the season
2027 -2029: One Olympic and Two World Championship years he'll focus on the 100m and 200m races - Hooray!!
2030: Long Jump, lol!!!