.Coley Harvey, ESPN Team WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously covered Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern Educational institution graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who switched minds at united state track and area tests in June, will definitely possess the option to do the exact same at the Olympics on Friday, a source verified to ESPN.The Maryland local will become part of the men's 4x400-meter relay crew that early morning when it participates in the position heat energy of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson manages in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he will become the youngest American man to have ever before participated in an Olympic track as well as area event. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the keep track of inside the Stade de France, Wilson is going to end up being the youngest United States guy to have ever joined an Olympic track as well as field event.In July, Wilson claimed he was pleased when he acquired term that would be actually contributed to the Team U.S.A. relay pool after he didn't obtain the personal 400-meter dashboard at tests." When I got decision, I resembled, I was overjoyed," Wilson pointed out. "I started running around your house. It was only a second for me given that everybody fantasizes regarding going to the Olympics as a younger youngster." Publisher's Picks1 RelatedWilson mentioned he to begin with began hoping regarding taking part in the Games throughout the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was 8 years of ages. That exact same year, he began managing his premier occasion, the 400, and also has actually become a force in it.After twice damaging the celebration's under-18 world file while at united state tests, operating it in as little opportunity as 44.59 few seconds, Wilson went even lesser 3 weeks earlier at a tuneup competition in Fla. There certainly, he operated a 44.20-second time that possessed the monitor globe humming in apprehension of what he could do on United States relay groups once the Olympics arrived.Now, his chance is right here.