.Coley Harvey, ESPN Workers WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Florida State for Orlando Guard and also Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who switched minds at USA track and also area tests in June, will definitely possess the possibility to carry out the very same at the Olympics on Friday, a resource confirmed to ESPN.The Maryland native are going to become part of the males's 4x400-meter relay crew that morning when it participates in the opening warm of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson operates in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he is going to end up being the youngest United States guy to have actually ever before taken part in an Olympic keep track of and field event. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the keep track of inside the Stade de France, Wilson will definitely come to be the youngest United States man to have ever participated in an Olympic monitor as well as industry event.In July, Wilson mentioned he was actually overjoyed when he acquired term that would certainly be actually contributed to the Group United States relay pool after he really did not obtain the specific 400-meter dashboard at tests." When I got decision, I was like, I was actually overjoyed," Wilson claimed. "I began rollicking our home. It was actually just a second for me given that everybody hopes regarding mosting likely to the Olympics as a younger youngster." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson stated he initially started hoping regarding taking part in the Gamings during the course of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was 8 years of ages. That very same year, he started operating his premier occasion, the 400, and also has become a force in it.After twice breaking the occasion's under-18 world report while at USA trials, running it in as little opportunity as 44.59 secs, Wilson went even reduced 3 full weeks back at a tuneup race in Florida. There, he ran a 44.20-second time that possessed the monitor planet buzzing in apprehension of what he could possibly do on United States relay teams once the Olympics arrived.Now, his chance is actually here.