.Coley Harvey, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously dealt with Fla State for Orlando Sentinel as well as Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who switched heads at united state track and field trials in June, will possess the chance to perform the very same at the Olympics on Friday, a source verified to ESPN.The Maryland citizen will certainly become part of the guys's 4x400-meter relay group that morning when it joins the opening heat energy of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson manages in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he will end up being the youngest United States male to have ever joined an Olympic keep track of as well as field celebration. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the track inside the Stade de France, Wilson is going to end up being the youngest United States guy to have ever before participated in an Olympic track and also industry event.In July, Wilson mentioned he was actually tickled when he received term that will be actually added to the Team USA relay pool after he didn't get the private 400-meter dashboard at tests." When I obtained decision, I was like, I was actually delighted," Wilson pointed out. "I began rollicking your house. It was actually simply a minute for me since everybody dreams regarding visiting the Olympics as a younger youngster." Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson stated he to begin with started hoping concerning participating in the Video games throughout the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years of ages. That exact same year, he started managing his premier occasion, the 400, and has come to be a force in it.After two times damaging the event's under-18 globe document while at united state tests, running it in as little bit of time as 44.59 secs, Wilson went also lower 3 full weeks ago at a tuneup race in Florida. There, he managed a 44.20-second time that possessed the keep track of planet whiring in apprehension of what he could do on American relay staffs once the Olympics arrived.Now, his odds is actually right here.