.Coley Harvey, ESPN Workers WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Fla State for Orlando Sentinel and also Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern Educational institution graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who turned minds at united state monitor and also area tests in June, will certainly possess the possibility to accomplish the very same at the Olympics on Friday, a source validated to ESPN.The Maryland native will belong to the men's 4x400-meter relay team that morning when it takes part in the position heat of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson manages in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he is going to come to be the youngest American male to have ever taken part in an Olympic keep track of and field event. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the keep track of inside the Stade de France, Wilson will definitely end up being the youngest United States male to have ever before participated in an Olympic track as well as area event.In July, Wilson stated he was tickled when he acquired word that would certainly be contributed to the Crew U.S.A. relay pool after he really did not get the specific 400-meter dash at tests." When I obtained the call, I resembled, I was happy," Wilson said. "I began running around your house. It was actually simply an instant for me due to the fact that everybody fantasizes regarding heading to the Olympics as a young kid." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson stated he first began hoping regarding participating in the Games in the course of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was 8 years of ages. That exact same year, he started operating his premier occasion, the 400, and has actually become an interject it.After twice breaking the event's under-18 world file while at united state trials, managing it in as little bit of opportunity as 44.59 secs, Wilson went also lower three weeks ago at a tuneup race in Fla. Certainly there, he operated a 44.20-second opportunity that possessed the monitor planet humming in expectancy of what he can do on American relay crews once the Olympics arrived.Now, his opportunity is actually listed below.