.Coley Harvey, ESPN Workers WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Fla State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that turned minds at united state monitor and also industry tests in June, will certainly possess the possibility to perform the exact same at the Olympics on Friday, a resource affirmed to ESPN.The Maryland native will definitely become part of the men's 4x400-meter relay group that early morning when it joins the opening heat of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson runs in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he is going to come to be the youngest American male to have ever joined an Olympic keep track of as well as area occasion. 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 man to have actually ever taken part in an Olympic keep track of and also industry event.In July, Wilson mentioned he was satisfied when he received term that would be contributed to the Staff USA relay swimming pool after he didn't obtain the personal 400-meter dashboard at tests." When I acquired decision, I resembled, I was happy," Wilson said. "I began rollicking our home. It was only a second for me considering that everyone fantasizes regarding going to the Olympics as a younger child." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson claimed he initially started dreaming about joining the Gamings during the course of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was 8 years old. That exact same year, he began managing his premier activity, the 400, as well as has become an interject it.After two times damaging the event's under-18 world record while at U.S. trials, operating it in as little opportunity as 44.59 secs, Wilson went even lesser 3 weeks back at a tuneup race in Fla. There, he managed a 44.20-second time that had the monitor globe buzzing in anticipation of what he can perform on United States relay crews once the Olympics arrived.Now, his opportunity is actually here.