.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Fla Condition for Orlando Sentinel as well as Georgia Technology for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who switched minds at united state monitor and also industry trials in June, are going to possess the chance to accomplish the same at the Olympics on Friday, a resource affirmed to ESPN.The Maryland native will be part of the men's 4x400-meter relay team that morning when it joins the opening warmth of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson operates in the 4x400 meter relay on Friday, he is going to come to be the youngest United States guy to have actually ever joined an Olympic keep track of and also industry activity. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the keep track of inside the Stade de France, Wilson will definitely end up being the youngest United States guy to have actually ever joined an Olympic monitor as well as area event.In July, Wilson said he was overjoyed when he acquired term that would be actually contributed to the Group United States relay swimming pool after he failed to obtain the specific 400-meter dash at tests." When I received decision, I resembled, I was thrilled," Wilson pointed out. "I started running around the house. It was only a moment for me due to the fact that everyone fantasizes regarding visiting the Olympics as a young child." Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson claimed he initially started fantasizing about joining the Games in the course of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years of ages. That exact same year, he began running his premier celebration, the 400, and also has actually come to be a force in it.After two times cracking the celebration's under-18 globe document while at U.S. tests, running it in as little bit of time as 44.59 few seconds, Wilson went also lower three full weeks earlier at a tuneup competition in Florida. There, he operated a 44.20-second opportunity that possessed the monitor world buzzing in anticipation of what he can perform on American relay teams once the Olympics arrived.Now, his possibility is right here.