.Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Fla Condition for Orlando Sentinel and also Georgia Technician for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that switched heads at U.S. track and also field trials in June, will definitely possess the opportunity to carry out the very same at the Olympics on Friday, a source affirmed to ESPN.The Maryland native will definitely belong to the guys's 4x400-meter relay crew that morning when it joins the opening warmth of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson runs in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he will end up being the youngest United States male to have actually ever joined an Olympic monitor and industry activity. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the track inside the Stade de France, Wilson is going to end up being the youngest United States guy to have ever before taken part in an Olympic monitor and also area event.In July, Wilson mentioned he was tickled when he received word that would certainly be contributed to the Group U.S.A. relay swimming pool after he really did not get approved for the private 400-meter dash at trials." When I got decision, I resembled, I was thrilled," Wilson pointed out. "I started running around your home. It was actually merely a moment for me due to the fact that everybody hopes about going to the Olympics as a youthful youngster." Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson stated he first began dreaming about taking part in the Games during the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was 8 years old. That very same year, he began operating his premier activity, the 400, and has actually come to be an interject it.After two times cracking the activity's under-18 world report while at united state trials, managing it in as little bit of opportunity as 44.59 seconds, Wilson went even lower 3 full weeks back at a tuneup competition in Fla. Certainly there, he ran a 44.20-second opportunity that possessed the monitor world humming in apprehension of what he might do on American relay staffs once the Olympics arrived.Now, his odds is actually here.