.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Fla Condition for Orlando Sentinel and also Georgia Technology for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that switched minds at USA track and also area tests in June, will possess the opportunity to accomplish the exact same at the Olympics on Friday, a resource validated to ESPN.The Maryland local are going to be part of the guys's 4x400-meter relay group that morning when it participates in the position heat of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson manages in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he will certainly become the youngest American man to have actually ever before taken part in an Olympic keep track of and also industry celebration. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the monitor inside the Stade de France, Wilson will definitely end up being the youngest American man to have ever before participated in an Olympic monitor and also area event.In July, Wilson stated he was satisfied when he acquired word that will be actually contributed to the Crew U.S.A. relay swimming pool after he really did not get approved for the private 400-meter dash at trials." When I acquired decision, I felt like, I was actually thrilled," Wilson claimed. "I started running around the house. It was actually only a second for me given that everyone fantasizes about going to the Olympics as a youthful youngster." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson mentioned he to begin with started fantasizing regarding participating in the Video games during the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was 8 years of ages. That same year, he started managing his premier celebration, the 400, and also has become a force in it.After two times damaging the activity's under-18 planet document while at U.S. tests, running it in as little opportunity as 44.59 few seconds, Wilson went even lower three full weeks ago at a tuneup race in Fla. There, he ran a 44.20-second opportunity that had the monitor planet whiring in anticipation of what he could carry out on American relay crews once the Olympics arrived.Now, his possibility is listed here.