.Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously dealt with Fla Condition for Orlando Guard and also Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern Educational institution graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who switched heads at USA track as well as industry trials in June, will possess the chance to perform the very same at the Olympics on Friday, a resource confirmed to ESPN.The Maryland native will certainly become part of the men's 4x400-meter relay staff that morning when it takes part in the opening warmth of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson manages in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he will certainly become the youngest United States man to have actually ever joined an Olympic monitor and also field occasion. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the keep track of inside the Stade de France, Wilson is going to end up being the youngest American guy to have actually ever before joined an Olympic monitor as well as field event.In July, Wilson stated he was jubilated when he acquired word that would certainly be actually included in the Group U.S.A. relay swimming pool after he really did not qualify for the specific 400-meter dash at trials." When I acquired decision, I resembled, I was thrilled," Wilson mentioned. "I began running around your house. It was just a moment for me given that everybody dreams about heading to the Olympics as a younger youngster." Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson said he initially began dreaming regarding joining the Gamings throughout the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years old. That same year, he began running his premier event, the 400, and has actually come to be an interject it.After twice damaging the event's under-18 world file while at united state tests, running it in as little bit of opportunity as 44.59 few seconds, Wilson went even lower 3 full weeks earlier at a tuneup competition in Fla. There certainly, he ran a 44.20-second time that possessed the keep track of planet buzzing in anticipation of what he could possibly perform on United States relay staffs once the Olympics arrived.Now, his odds is here.