.Coley Harvey, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Fla State for Orlando Guard as well as Georgia Technician for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that turned minds at united state track and also industry trials in June, are going to possess the possibility to do the exact same at the Olympics on Friday, a resource verified to ESPN.The Maryland native will certainly belong to the men's 4x400-meter relay staff that morning when it takes part in the opening heat of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson manages in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he is going to come to be the youngest American male to have actually ever before participated in an Olympic track as well as field event. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the track inside the Stade de France, Wilson will definitely come to be the youngest United States man to have actually ever participated in an Olympic track as well as field event.In July, Wilson mentioned he was satisfied when he acquired word that will be actually contributed to the Group U.S.A. relay pool after he didn't obtain the personal 400-meter dash at trials." When I got decision, I felt like, I was ecstatic," Wilson pointed out. "I began running around your house. It was only an instant for me since everyone hopes regarding heading to the Olympics as a youthful child." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson claimed he initially started dreaming concerning joining the Gamings throughout the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was 8 years old. That very same year, he began managing his premier celebration, the 400, and also has come to be a force in it.After twice damaging the occasion's under-18 planet record while at USA tests, managing it in as little bit of time as 44.59 seconds, Wilson went also lower three weeks ago at a tuneup competition in Florida. There, he operated a 44.20-second opportunity that had the track world humming in anticipation of what he could possibly do on United States relay teams once the Olympics arrived.Now, his odds is here.