.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously dealt with Florida State for Orlando Sentinel as well as Georgia Technology for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that switched heads at united state keep track of as well as area trials in June, will possess the option to accomplish the very same at the Olympics on Friday, a source affirmed to ESPN.The Maryland local will definitely be part of the males's 4x400-meter relay group that early morning when it participates in the opening heat energy of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson manages in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he will definitely become the youngest United States man to have actually ever taken part in an Olympic keep track of as well as field activity. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the track inside the Stade de France, Wilson will certainly become the youngest United States guy to have ever before taken part in an Olympic keep track of and field event.In July, Wilson claimed he was actually satisfied when he received word that will be actually contributed to the Team USA relay pool after he failed to get the personal 400-meter dash at trials." When I received the call, I felt like, I was actually delighted," Wilson claimed. "I began running around your home. It was just a minute for me because everybody dreams concerning going to the Olympics as a young youngster." Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson mentioned he first began fantasizing about joining the Video games during the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years old. That same year, he started operating his premier activity, the 400, and also has actually come to be a force in it.After two times cracking the activity's under-18 planet document while at united state trials, managing it in as little opportunity as 44.59 secs, Wilson went even reduced three weeks earlier at a tuneup race in Florida. Certainly there, he managed a 44.20-second time that had the monitor globe humming in apprehension of what he could possibly do on American relay groups once the Olympics arrived.Now, his chance is listed here.