.Coley Harvey, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously dealt with Fla State for Orlando Sentinel as well as Georgia Technician for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that switched minds at U.S. keep track of and field tests in June, will definitely have the chance to do the same at the Olympics on Friday, a source affirmed to ESPN.The Maryland citizen will become part of the men's 4x400-meter relay group that early morning when it joins the position warm of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson runs in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he will certainly become the youngest American male to have actually ever before taken part in an Olympic keep track of and area occasion. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the keep track of inside the Stade de France, Wilson will certainly become the youngest United States man to have actually ever joined an Olympic track as well as field event.In July, Wilson claimed he was actually jubilated when he received word that will be actually contributed to the Staff United States relay swimming pool after he really did not get the specific 400-meter dash at trials." When I got decision, I was like, I was overjoyed," Wilson stated. "I started running around the house. It was actually merely an instant for me given that everyone fantasizes concerning mosting likely to the Olympics as a younger kid." Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson mentioned he first started fantasizing about taking part in the Gamings during the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years old. That exact same year, he started managing his premier celebration, the 400, and also has actually ended up being a force in it.After twice breaking the occasion's under-18 globe report while at U.S. trials, running it in as little opportunity as 44.59 seconds, Wilson went also lower three weeks ago at a tuneup race in Fla. There, he operated a 44.20-second opportunity that possessed the monitor planet whiring in expectancy of what he could possibly perform on United States relay staffs once the Olympics arrived.Now, his opportunity is listed below.