.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Florida State for Orlando Guard as well as Georgia Technology for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that transformed heads at U.S. track and also industry tests in June, will have the opportunity to carry out the very same at the Olympics on Friday, a source confirmed to ESPN.The Maryland native are going to be part of the males's 4x400-meter relay team that early morning when it participates in the position warmth of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson operates in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he will certainly end up being the youngest American guy to have actually ever taken part in an Olympic keep track of and also industry 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 and also industry event.In July, Wilson mentioned he was actually overjoyed when he got word that will be actually included in the Group U.S.A. relay pool after he failed to apply for the personal 400-meter dash at trials." When I got decision, I was like, I was actually delighted," Wilson pointed out. "I started running around your house. It was actually just a second for me because everyone fantasizes concerning heading to the Olympics as a young youngster." Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson stated he to begin with started fantasizing regarding taking part in the Gamings in the course of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years old. That very same year, he started operating his premier activity, the 400, as well as has actually become an interject it.After twice damaging the occasion's under-18 globe document while at U.S. trials, running it in as little bit of time as 44.59 few seconds, Wilson went even lesser three weeks ago at a tuneup race in Fla. There, he operated a 44.20-second opportunity that had the track globe buzzing in expectancy of what he can do on United States relay teams once the Olympics arrived.Now, his odds is actually below.