.Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Fla State for Orlando Sentinel and also Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that transformed minds at U.S. keep track of and also industry trials in June, will definitely have the chance to do the very same at the Olympics on Friday, a source affirmed to ESPN.The Maryland citizen are going to be part of the guys's 4x400-meter relay crew that morning when it joins the opening warmth of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson runs in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he will become the youngest American man to have actually ever taken part in an Olympic keep track of and field celebration. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the monitor inside the Stade de France, Wilson is going to come to be the youngest American guy to have actually ever taken part in an Olympic track as well as area event.In July, Wilson mentioned he was jubilated when he got term that will be included in the Crew United States relay swimming pool after he failed to get approved for the private 400-meter dashboard at tests." When I obtained decision, I was like, I was actually ecstatic," Wilson stated. "I began running around your home. It was actually simply an instant for me due to the fact that everyone hopes concerning heading to the Olympics as a youthful little one." Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson said he to begin with started fantasizing about participating in the Games in the course of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was 8 years of ages. That same year, he started managing his premier activity, the 400, as well as has ended up being an interject it.After twice breaking the occasion's under-18 globe file while at U.S. trials, running it in as little bit of opportunity as 44.59 few seconds, Wilson went also lesser 3 weeks back at a tuneup race in Florida. Certainly there, he operated a 44.20-second time that possessed the track world whiring in expectancy of what he could possibly perform on United States relay staffs once the Olympics arrived.Now, his chance is here.