.Coley Harvey, ESPN Workers WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously dealt with Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and also Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who transformed minds at united state track and also industry trials in June, will possess the possibility to perform the very same at the Olympics on Friday, a source verified to ESPN.The Maryland citizen will become part of the men's 4x400-meter relay staff that early morning when it participates in the opening warm of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson manages in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he will end up being the youngest American man to have ever joined an Olympic track as well as industry event. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the monitor inside the Stade de France, Wilson will certainly become the youngest United States guy to have actually ever before taken part in an Olympic monitor and area event.In July, Wilson mentioned he was thrilled when he acquired word that would be contributed to the Team U.S.A. relay pool after he failed to get the personal 400-meter dashboard at trials." When I got the call, I was like, I was overjoyed," Wilson claimed. "I started rollicking your home. It was actually only a second for me since everybody fantasizes about heading to the Olympics as a young youngster." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson claimed he first began fantasizing concerning joining the Games throughout the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years old. That exact same year, he began managing his premier event, the 400, as well as has become a force in it.After two times breaking the occasion's under-18 planet document while at U.S. tests, running it in as little bit of opportunity as 44.59 few seconds, Wilson went also reduced 3 weeks back at a tuneup race in Fla. There certainly, he operated a 44.20-second time that had the keep track of globe humming in expectancy of what he could possibly do on American relay teams once the Olympics arrived.Now, his possibility is actually listed below.