.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Fla Condition for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Technician for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who turned minds at united state keep track of and area tests in June, will possess the chance to accomplish the same at the Olympics on Friday, a resource verified to ESPN.The Maryland citizen are going to belong to the males's 4x400-meter relay team that early morning when it participates in the opening heat energy of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson operates in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he will definitely come to be the youngest American male to have actually ever before taken part in an Olympic keep track of and also area celebration. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the track inside the Stade de France, Wilson is going to end up being the youngest United States male to have ever before joined an Olympic keep track of and also industry event.In July, Wilson mentioned he was actually tickled when he received word that would be actually contributed to the Group USA relay swimming pool after he really did not receive the private 400-meter dash at tests." When I acquired decision, I was like, I was overjoyed," Wilson claimed. "I started running around your house. It was actually just a moment for me considering that everyone hopes regarding heading to the Olympics as a youthful child." Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson stated he first began hoping concerning joining the Video games throughout the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was 8 years old. That very same year, he began managing his premier activity, the 400, and also has ended up being a force in it.After two times breaking the event's under-18 planet record while at U.S. tests, running it in as little bit of opportunity as 44.59 seconds, Wilson went also lower 3 full weeks back at a tuneup race in Florida. There, he managed a 44.20-second time that had the track planet buzzing in anticipation of what he could possibly perform on United States relay staffs once the Olympics arrived.Now, his possibility is actually listed here.