.Coley Harvey, ESPN Workers WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously dealt with Fla State for Orlando Guard as well as Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who switched heads at USA keep track of and area tests in June, will definitely possess the option to carry out the exact same at the Olympics on Friday, a source confirmed to ESPN.The Maryland native will certainly belong to the men's 4x400-meter relay staff that morning when it joins the opening heat energy of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson runs in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he will definitely end up being the youngest American man to have actually ever participated in an Olympic keep track of as well as area occasion. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the keep track of inside the Stade de France, Wilson will come to be the youngest United States man to have ever joined an Olympic monitor and also field event.In July, Wilson claimed he was pleased when he received word that will be contributed to the Team USA relay pool after he failed to qualify for the specific 400-meter dash at tests." When I acquired the call, I resembled, I was thrilled," Wilson claimed. "I began running around the house. It was actually merely a second for me since everyone fantasizes regarding mosting likely to the Olympics as a young child." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson claimed he initially began dreaming concerning joining the Video games during the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was 8 years old. That exact same year, he started operating his premier celebration, the 400, as well as has come to be a force in it.After twice cracking the activity's under-18 planet report while at USA tests, running it in as little bit of time as 44.59 seconds, Wilson went also lower three full weeks earlier at a tuneup race in Fla. There, he managed a 44.20-second time that possessed the track world buzzing in apprehension of what he could perform on United States relay crews once the Olympics arrived.Now, his odds is actually below.