.Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously dealt with Fla State for Orlando Sentinel as well as Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern Educational institution graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that turned heads at USA track and field tests in June, will certainly possess the option to do the same at the Olympics on Friday, a resource confirmed to ESPN.The Maryland citizen are going to be part of the males's 4x400-meter relay crew that morning when it takes part in the opening heat energy of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson operates in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he will definitely come to be the youngest American male to have actually ever before joined an Olympic track as well as field event. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the monitor inside the Stade de France, Wilson will definitely end up being the youngest United States guy to have ever participated in an Olympic track and also field event.In July, Wilson claimed he was overjoyed when he obtained phrase that would certainly be contributed to the Crew United States relay pool after he really did not receive the individual 400-meter dash at tests." When I got decision, I felt like, I was actually happy," Wilson mentioned. "I began running around your home. It was actually just a moment for me due to the fact that everyone dreams about mosting likely to the Olympics as a young little one." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson claimed he to begin with began hoping concerning joining the Games during the course of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years of ages. That very same year, he began operating his premier event, the 400, and also has come to be an interject it.After two times damaging the activity's under-18 planet record while at united state trials, managing it in as little bit of opportunity as 44.59 secs, Wilson went also lesser 3 full weeks ago at a tuneup competition in Fla. Certainly there, he managed a 44.20-second opportunity that possessed the monitor globe whiring in anticipation of what he could possibly perform on American relay teams once the Olympics arrived.Now, his possibility is actually listed below.