.Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously dealt with Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and also Georgia Technology for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that turned heads at U.S. keep track of as well as industry tests in June, will certainly possess the chance to do the very same at the Olympics on Friday, a source affirmed to ESPN.The Maryland citizen will certainly be part of the males's 4x400-meter relay staff that early morning when it participates in the opening heat energy of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson operates in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he will definitely end up being the youngest American man to have actually ever joined an Olympic monitor as well as area activity. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the monitor inside the Stade de France, Wilson will come to be the youngest United States male to have ever before joined an Olympic monitor as well as industry event.In July, Wilson mentioned he was tickled when he received term that would certainly be actually added to the Staff USA relay pool after he failed to obtain the individual 400-meter dash at tests." When I acquired the call, I was like, I was delighted," Wilson stated. "I began rollicking our home. It was simply an instant for me given that everyone hopes concerning heading to the Olympics as a youthful youngster." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson stated he initially started dreaming regarding taking part in the Gamings during the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years of ages. That very same year, he began operating his premier activity, the 400, as well as has become an interject it.After twice breaking the event's under-18 planet file while at united state tests, operating it in as little bit of opportunity as 44.59 few seconds, Wilson went even lesser 3 full weeks back at a tuneup competition in Fla. There certainly, he managed a 44.20-second time that possessed the monitor globe whiring in apprehension of what he could carry out on American relay teams once the Olympics arrived.Now, his odds is right here.