.Coley Harvey, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously dealt with Florida Condition for Orlando Sentinel as well as Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that switched minds at united state keep track of and also field trials in June, will have the opportunity to do the same at the Olympics on Friday, a resource confirmed to ESPN.The Maryland citizen are going to belong to the guys's 4x400-meter relay team that early morning when it participates in the opening heat energy of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson runs in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he is going to become the youngest United States guy to have actually ever participated in an Olympic keep track of as well as industry occasion. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the keep track of inside the Stade de France, Wilson will certainly become the youngest American guy to have actually ever participated in an Olympic track and also area event.In July, Wilson claimed he was thrilled when he obtained phrase that will be actually included in the Group United States relay pool after he really did not apply for the specific 400-meter dash at trials." When I obtained decision, I resembled, I was actually thrilled," Wilson pointed out. "I started rollicking our home. It was simply a minute for me due to the fact that everyone fantasizes concerning going to the Olympics as a younger youngster." Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson said he to begin with started dreaming concerning participating in the Games throughout the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years of ages. That same year, he began operating his premier occasion, the 400, as well as has actually ended up being an interject it.After two times damaging the activity's under-18 planet document while at U.S. trials, managing it in as little time as 44.59 few seconds, Wilson went even lower 3 weeks back at a tuneup competition in Florida. There, he managed a 44.20-second opportunity that had the monitor globe whiring in apprehension of what he could possibly carry out on United States relay crews once the Olympics arrived.Now, his chance is here.