.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Florida Condition for Orlando Sentinel and also Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that transformed heads at united state keep track of and also area tests in June, will definitely have the chance to perform the exact same at the Olympics on Friday, a source verified to ESPN.The Maryland citizen will belong to the guys's 4x400-meter relay crew that early morning when it joins the opening heat of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson operates in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he will certainly become the youngest American guy to have actually ever taken part in an Olympic keep track of as well as industry event. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the keep track of inside the Stade de France, Wilson will end up being the youngest American male to have ever before participated in an Olympic keep track of and also field event.In July, Wilson stated he was satisfied when he obtained word that will be actually included in the Team United States relay swimming pool after he didn't get approved for the individual 400-meter dash at trials." When I acquired decision, I felt like, I was delighted," Wilson stated. "I started running around our home. It was actually merely a minute for me because everybody hopes about going to the Olympics as a younger youngster." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson stated he initially began dreaming concerning taking part in the Gamings during the course of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years of ages. That same year, he started operating his premier occasion, the 400, and also has actually come to be a force in it.After two times cracking the activity's under-18 planet document while at U.S. trials, running it in as little opportunity as 44.59 few seconds, Wilson went even reduced three full weeks ago at a tuneup competition in Fla. There, he operated a 44.20-second time that had the monitor world buzzing in anticipation of what he might perform on American relay groups once the Olympics arrived.Now, his odds is actually here.