.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Fla Condition for Orlando Sentinel and also Georgia Technician for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who switched heads at U.S. monitor and also industry trials in June, are going to have the option to perform the exact same at the Olympics on Friday, a source verified to ESPN.The Maryland local will certainly become part of the men's 4x400-meter relay staff that early morning when it takes part in the position warm of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson manages in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he will certainly come to be the youngest American man to have actually ever before participated in an Olympic monitor and field celebration. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the keep track of inside the Stade de France, Wilson is going to end up being the youngest United States man to have ever before taken part in an Olympic track and also field event.In July, Wilson claimed he was jubilated when he received word that will be included in the Staff U.S.A. relay pool after he really did not get approved for the personal 400-meter dashboard at trials." When I obtained decision, I felt like, I was actually happy," Wilson said. "I started running around our home. It was simply an instant for me due to the fact that everyone fantasizes regarding visiting the Olympics as a young child." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson stated he initially started dreaming concerning joining the Games during the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was 8 years old. That same year, he started operating his premier celebration, the 400, as well as has become an interject it.After twice breaking the activity's under-18 globe file while at USA tests, running it in as little opportunity as 44.59 secs, Wilson went also reduced 3 full weeks back at a tuneup competition in Florida. There, he ran a 44.20-second opportunity that possessed the keep track of planet humming in expectancy of what he could possibly do on American relay groups once the Olympics arrived.Now, his odds is actually listed below.