.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously dealt with Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern Educational institution graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who transformed heads at USA keep track of and also area tests in June, will possess the opportunity to accomplish the exact same at the Olympics on Friday, a source validated to ESPN.The Maryland citizen will certainly become part of the men's 4x400-meter relay staff that morning when it joins the position heat of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson runs in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he will come to be the youngest United States male to have actually ever joined an Olympic keep track of and also industry event. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the track inside the Stade de France, Wilson will certainly become the youngest American male to have actually ever joined an Olympic monitor and also field event.In July, Wilson mentioned he was actually thrilled when he received term that would be added to the Team United States relay pool after he didn't get approved for the specific 400-meter dashboard at trials." When I received decision, I resembled, I was delighted," Wilson claimed. "I started rollicking your home. It was only a second for me considering that everybody hopes about mosting likely to the Olympics as a younger child." Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson stated he first began fantasizing about participating in the Gamings during the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years of ages. That very same year, he started running his premier event, the 400, and has actually come to be a force in it.After two times breaking the event's under-18 globe document while at U.S. trials, operating it in as little opportunity as 44.59 secs, Wilson went also reduced three full weeks ago at a tuneup competition in Florida. Certainly there, he operated a 44.20-second time that possessed the keep track of world buzzing in anticipation of what he might do on American relay teams once the Olympics arrived.Now, his opportunity is actually listed below.