.Coley Harvey, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Fla State for Orlando Sentinel and also Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that turned minds at U.S. monitor as well as industry tests in June, will possess the chance to do the very same at the Olympics on Friday, a resource confirmed to ESPN.The Maryland local will definitely be part of the males's 4x400-meter relay group that morning when it participates in the position warmth of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson runs in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he will end up being the youngest American male to have ever before taken part in an Olympic monitor and also field celebration. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the keep track of inside the Stade de France, Wilson is going to end up being the youngest American male to have actually ever before joined an Olympic keep track of and field event.In July, Wilson said he was actually satisfied when he received term that would be actually included in the Team U.S.A. relay swimming pool after he failed to qualify for the individual 400-meter dash at tests." When I got decision, I resembled, I was overjoyed," Wilson pointed out. "I started rollicking our home. It was actually only an instant for me considering that everyone hopes concerning visiting the Olympics as a youthful youngster." Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson claimed he to begin with started hoping regarding joining the Gamings during the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years of ages. That same year, he started operating his premier celebration, the 400, as well as has actually become a force in it.After twice cracking the event's under-18 world file while at USA trials, operating it in as little bit of time as 44.59 secs, Wilson went also lesser three full weeks earlier at a tuneup competition in Fla. There certainly, he operated a 44.20-second time that had the keep track of planet whiring in anticipation of what he can perform on American relay staffs once the Olympics arrived.Now, his chance is actually below.