.Coley Harvey, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously dealt with Florida State for Orlando Guard and Georgia Technician for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that switched minds at united state monitor and also area trials in June, will have the possibility to accomplish the exact same at the Olympics on Friday, a source verified to ESPN.The Maryland native will certainly be part of the males's 4x400-meter relay crew that early morning when it takes part in the opening warm of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson manages in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he is going to end up being the youngest American man to have ever joined an Olympic monitor as well as field occasion. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the track inside the Stade de France, Wilson will end up being the youngest American guy to have ever participated in an Olympic monitor and also industry event.In July, Wilson said he was actually pleased when he got word that would certainly be actually contributed to the Group USA relay pool after he really did not get the specific 400-meter dashboard at trials." When I obtained the call, I was like, I was actually thrilled," Wilson mentioned. "I began rollicking our home. It was actually simply a second for me due to the fact that everyone hopes about heading to the Olympics as a younger youngster." Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson mentioned he to begin with started dreaming concerning joining the Video games during the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years old. That very same year, he began managing his premier celebration, the 400, and has actually come to be an interject it.After two times breaking the activity's under-18 globe document while at USA tests, operating it in as little bit of time as 44.59 few seconds, Wilson went also reduced three weeks ago at a tuneup race in Florida. There certainly, he managed a 44.20-second opportunity that possessed the keep track of globe whiring in anticipation of what he could possibly carry out on American relay teams once the Olympics arrived.Now, his possibility is actually here.