.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Fla State for Orlando Sentinel as well as Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that transformed heads at USA keep track of as well as industry tests in June, are going to have the chance to accomplish the exact same at the Olympics on Friday, a source verified to ESPN.The Maryland local are going to belong to the men's 4x400-meter relay staff that morning when it takes part in the position warm of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson operates in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he will become the youngest United States guy to have actually ever taken part in an Olympic monitor and area activity. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the track inside the Stade de France, Wilson will definitely become the youngest American guy to have actually ever before participated in an Olympic track and also field event.In July, Wilson claimed he was actually pleased when he got word that would be actually added to the Group U.S.A. relay pool after he really did not qualify for the private 400-meter dash at tests." When I acquired decision, I felt like, I was actually thrilled," Wilson claimed. "I began running around your house. It was actually just an instant for me because everyone hopes about heading to the Olympics as a younger kid." Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson said he to begin with began hoping regarding joining the Video games during the course of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years of ages. That very same year, he started operating his premier activity, the 400, and also has actually come to be an interject it.After twice cracking the event's under-18 globe report while at U.S. tests, operating it in as little bit of time as 44.59 secs, Wilson went also reduced 3 weeks back at a tuneup competition in Florida. There certainly, he managed a 44.20-second time that possessed the monitor globe humming in anticipation of what he might carry out on American relay teams once the Olympics arrived.Now, his odds is actually listed below.