.Coley Harvey, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and also Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who switched minds at united state keep track of as well as field trials in June, will certainly possess the possibility to do the same at the Olympics on Friday, a source affirmed to ESPN.The Maryland local will certainly belong to the men's 4x400-meter relay crew that morning when it participates in the position heat energy of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson runs in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he is going to end up being the youngest American guy to have actually ever joined an Olympic track and also field occasion. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the monitor inside the Stade de France, Wilson will come to be the youngest United States guy to have ever taken part in an Olympic track and also field event.In July, Wilson mentioned he was actually thrilled when he got phrase that will be actually added to the Staff U.S.A. relay swimming pool after he didn't receive the private 400-meter dashboard at trials." When I obtained the call, I felt like, I was actually happy," Wilson stated. "I began rollicking our home. It was actually merely an instant for me considering that everybody fantasizes concerning heading to the Olympics as a youthful youngster." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson mentioned he first started fantasizing regarding taking part in the Games in the course of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was 8 years of ages. That same year, he began running his premier celebration, the 400, as well as has actually come to be a force in it.After two times damaging the occasion's under-18 globe record while at U.S. trials, operating it in as little time as 44.59 few seconds, Wilson went also lower 3 full weeks back at a tuneup race in Fla. Certainly there, he ran a 44.20-second opportunity that had the keep track of world buzzing in apprehension of what he might do on American relay staffs once the Olympics arrived.Now, his chance is listed here.