.Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterAug 8, 2024, 05:49 AM ETClosePreviously dealt with Fla State for Orlando Sentinel and also Georgia Technician for Macon Telegraph.Northwestern University graduatePARIS-- Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old that switched minds at U.S. monitor and area trials in June, will certainly possess the possibility to do the very same at the Olympics on Friday, a source validated to ESPN.The Maryland native will be part of the males's 4x400-meter relay team that early morning when it participates in the opening warm of the Olympic relay.When Quincy Wilson runs in the 4x400 gauge relay on Friday, he will certainly end up being the youngest United States male to have ever before joined an Olympic keep track of as well as industry celebration. Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen he takes the track inside the Stade de France, Wilson will definitely become the youngest American male to have ever taken part in an Olympic track and also area event.In July, Wilson mentioned he was thrilled when he obtained phrase that would be added to the Group United States relay swimming pool after he really did not get the personal 400-meter dash at tests." When I obtained decision, I felt like, I was actually thrilled," Wilson claimed. "I began rollicking your home. It was only a moment for me considering that everyone hopes concerning visiting the Olympics as a younger kid." Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson stated he initially started fantasizing about participating in the Gamings in the course of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was 8 years of ages. That same year, he started managing his premier event, the 400, as well as has actually come to be an interject it.After twice breaking the event's under-18 globe record while at USA trials, operating it in as little bit of time as 44.59 few seconds, Wilson went even reduced 3 weeks back at a tuneup race in Fla. There, he ran a 44.20-second time that had the keep track of planet humming in anticipation of what he could possibly carry out on American relay groups once the Olympics arrived.Now, his odds is actually listed below.