.Coley Harvey, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously dealt with Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and also Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who transformed minds at USA track and area trials in June, will certainly possess the opportunity to carry out the very same at the Olympics on Friday, a source verified to ESPN.The Maryland citizen will certainly be part of the men's 4x400-meter relay crew that early morning when it participates in the opening warmth of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson runs in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he is going to become the youngest United States man to have actually ever joined an Olympic track and field event. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the monitor inside the Stade de France, Wilson is going to come to be the youngest American guy to have actually ever joined an Olympic monitor and also industry event.In July, Wilson stated he was thrilled when he acquired word that will be actually included in the Staff United States relay pool after he failed to apply for the personal 400-meter dashboard at tests." When I received decision, I felt like, I was happy," Wilson pointed out. "I started rollicking the house. It was actually simply an instant for me because everybody hopes regarding heading to the Olympics as a younger youngster." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson claimed he initially began hoping about participating in the Games during the course of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years of ages. That very same year, he started running his premier event, the 400, and also has actually ended up being a force in it.After two times breaking the celebration's under-18 globe report while at U.S. trials, managing it in as little time as 44.59 few seconds, Wilson went also reduced 3 weeks back at a tuneup competition in Florida. There certainly, he managed a 44.20-second opportunity that had the monitor world whiring in apprehension of what he could possibly do on United States relay crews once the Olympics arrived.Now, his odds is actually listed below.