.Coley Harvey, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Fla State for Orlando Sentinel and also 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, will certainly have the opportunity to accomplish the same at the Olympics on Friday, a resource confirmed to ESPN.The Maryland citizen will become part of the men's 4x400-meter relay group that morning when it takes part in the opening heat of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson runs in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he will end up being the youngest American male to have actually ever taken part in an Olympic track and industry activity. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the keep track of inside the Stade de France, Wilson will definitely come to be the youngest United States male to have ever before taken part in an Olympic track and area event.In July, Wilson mentioned he was actually overjoyed when he got word that will be actually included in the Staff United States relay pool after he failed to receive the personal 400-meter dashboard at tests." When I obtained decision, I felt like, I was actually ecstatic," Wilson mentioned. "I began rollicking our home. It was just an instant for me due to the fact that everybody fantasizes concerning going to the Olympics as a youthful child." Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson mentioned he to begin with began 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 running his premier event, the 400, and has actually become a force in it.After twice cracking the celebration's under-18 planet record while at USA trials, operating it in as little bit of time as 44.59 seconds, Wilson went even reduced 3 weeks ago at a tuneup competition in Florida. There certainly, he ran a 44.20-second time that possessed the monitor planet buzzing in apprehension of what he can do on American relay teams once the Olympics arrived.Now, his opportunity is actually below.