.Coley Harvey, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Florida State for Orlando Guard and Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern Educational institution graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that transformed minds at U.S. keep track of and field tests in June, are going to have the possibility to perform the very same at the Olympics on Friday, a source verified to ESPN.The Maryland native are going to become part of the males's 4x400-meter relay crew that morning when it takes part in the position warm of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson operates in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he will become the youngest United States guy to have ever before joined an Olympic track and also field celebration. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the keep track of inside the Stade de France, Wilson will come to be the youngest United States male to have actually ever before joined an Olympic monitor as well as industry event.In July, Wilson claimed he was actually jubilated when he obtained word that would certainly be contributed to the Staff USA relay pool after he failed to qualify for the specific 400-meter dash at tests." When I acquired decision, I was like, I was ecstatic," Wilson pointed out. "I started rollicking your home. It was actually merely a second for me because everyone dreams concerning heading to the Olympics as a younger kid." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson stated he initially began dreaming concerning participating in the Games throughout the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was 8 years of ages. That exact same year, he started operating his premier activity, the 400, and also has actually come to be an interject it.After two times damaging the occasion's under-18 planet record while at united state tests, running it in as little opportunity as 44.59 few seconds, Wilson went even reduced 3 weeks ago at a tuneup race in Florida. Certainly there, he managed a 44.20-second time that possessed the monitor globe buzzing in anticipation of what he could possibly perform on United States relay teams once the Olympics arrived.Now, his opportunity is actually listed here.