 Boldon also held the collegiate 100 m record with 9.90 s from 1996 until it was broken by Travis Padgett, who ran 9.89s, in 2008.Ngonidzashe Makusha later equalled this record at the 2011 NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa 

Boldon won his first international senior-level medal at the 1995 World Championships, taking home the bronze in the 100 m. At the time, he was the youngest athlete ever at 21 years of age to win a medal in that event.The following year at the 1996 Summer Olympics, he again placed third in the 100 m and 200 m events, both behind world records.