.Coley Harvey, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Specialist for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern College graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that turned heads at U.S. keep track of and industry tests in June, will certainly have the chance to carry out the same at the Olympics on Friday, a source confirmed to ESPN.The Maryland local will definitely belong to the men's 4x400-meter relay crew that morning when it joins the opening warm of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson operates in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he is going to become the youngest United States guy to have actually ever taken part in an Olympic track and industry event. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the track inside the Stade de France, Wilson will certainly come to be the youngest American male to have ever taken part in an Olympic keep track of and area event.In July, Wilson said he was actually pleased when he received term that will be contributed to the Group U.S.A. relay pool after he failed to qualify for the private 400-meter dash at trials." When I obtained decision, I was like, I was actually happy," Wilson pointed out. "I began running around our home. It was actually simply a second for me since everyone fantasizes about mosting likely to the Olympics as a younger kid." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson mentioned he initially started dreaming concerning taking part in the Games throughout the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was actually 8 years old. That exact same year, he started managing his premier activity, the 400, as well as has ended up being a force in it.After twice cracking the occasion's under-18 world file while at USA trials, running it in as little bit of time as 44.59 few seconds, Wilson went also lower 3 weeks ago at a tuneup race in Fla. Certainly there, he managed a 44.20-second time that had the track world buzzing in expectancy of what he could perform on United States relay groups once the Olympics arrived.Now, his odds is actually below.