.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously dealt with Fla Condition for Orlando Sentinel as well as Georgia Technician for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern Educational institution graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that turned heads at USA keep track of and field tests in June, are going to have the opportunity to perform the same at the Olympics on Friday, a source confirmed to ESPN.The Maryland citizen will definitely belong to the males's 4x400-meter relay staff that morning when it takes part in the opening warm of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson runs in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he is going to come to be the youngest American male to have actually ever before joined an Olympic keep track of and also field celebration. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the monitor inside the Stade de France, Wilson will become the youngest American guy to have actually ever before taken part in an Olympic track and field event.In July, Wilson stated he was jubilated when he got phrase that would certainly be contributed to the Staff U.S.A. relay swimming pool after he didn't apply for the individual 400-meter dashboard at trials." When I got decision, I was like, I was actually delighted," Wilson claimed. "I began rollicking the house. It was actually just a moment for me given that everyone hopes regarding going to the Olympics as a youthful kid." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson mentioned he first started hoping regarding participating in the Games during the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years of ages. That same year, he started managing his premier event, the 400, as well as has ended up being an interject it.After twice damaging the activity's under-18 planet record while at united state trials, operating it in as little opportunity as 44.59 secs, Wilson went also lesser three full weeks earlier at a tuneup race in Fla. There, he ran a 44.20-second time that had the track world whiring in anticipation of what he could carry out on American relay groups once the Olympics arrived.Now, his odds is listed here.