.Coley Harvey, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously dealt with Florida State for Orlando Guard and also Georgia Technician for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that turned heads at united state track and also field trials in June, will certainly have the possibility to perform the very same at the Olympics on Friday, a resource validated to ESPN.The Maryland native will definitely be part of the guys's 4x400-meter relay team that early morning when it takes part in the position heat of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson operates in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he will definitely end up being the youngest American male to have actually ever before participated in an Olympic keep track of and also area event. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the keep track of inside the Stade de France, Wilson will become the youngest American man to have ever joined an Olympic monitor and also field event.In July, Wilson mentioned he was actually satisfied when he obtained word that would certainly be actually added to the Team U.S.A. relay swimming pool after he didn't apply for the private 400-meter dashboard at tests." When I got decision, I felt like, I was actually thrilled," Wilson pointed out. "I began rollicking your house. It was actually merely a second for me due to the fact that everybody hopes regarding heading to the Olympics as a young youngster." Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson claimed he first started fantasizing concerning taking part in the Games throughout the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was 8 years of ages. That same year, he started managing his premier event, the 400, and has ended up being an interject it.After twice cracking the activity's under-18 world report while at U.S. trials, operating it in as little bit of time as 44.59 secs, Wilson went even lesser three full weeks ago at a tuneup competition in Fla. There, he ran a 44.20-second opportunity that had the monitor world whiring in apprehension of what he might carry out on United States relay teams once the Olympics arrived.Now, his odds is actually listed here.