.Coley Harvey, ESPN Workers WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Florida State for Orlando Guard as well as Georgia Technology for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern Educational institution graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who transformed heads at USA track and industry tests in June, are going to have the opportunity to perform the exact same at the Olympics on Friday, a source affirmed to ESPN.The Maryland citizen are going to belong to the guys's 4x400-meter relay staff that early morning when it takes part in the opening heat energy of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson runs in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he will certainly end up being the youngest American guy to have ever joined an Olympic monitor and industry celebration. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the track inside the Stade de France, Wilson is going to come to be the youngest United States man to have actually ever before joined an Olympic keep track of as well as area event.In July, Wilson mentioned he was overjoyed when he acquired term that would certainly be actually included in the Crew USA relay pool after he really did not receive the individual 400-meter dash at tests." When I acquired decision, I was like, I was actually thrilled," Wilson mentioned. "I began running around your home. It was actually simply an instant for me because everybody hopes concerning visiting the Olympics as a youthful kid." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson claimed he first started dreaming regarding joining the Video games during the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years old. That same year, he started running his premier celebration, the 400, and also has actually ended up being a force in it.After two times cracking the occasion's under-18 globe record while at USA tests, operating it in as little time as 44.59 seconds, Wilson went even reduced 3 full weeks back at a tuneup competition in Florida. There, he managed a 44.20-second time that had the monitor world humming in apprehension of what he might carry out on United States relay teams once the Olympics arrived.Now, his chance is actually right here.