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Cole Harvey, ESPN Writer
PARIS – Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who caught the eye at the U.S. track and field trials in June, will have the chance to do the same at the Olympics on Friday, a source has confirmed to ESPN.
The Maryland native will be on the men’s 4×400-meter relay team that morning when he takes part in the opening round of the Olympic relay. After Wilson missed the mixed 4×400-meter heats earlier this week, it was uncertain whether he would end up running at all or be an alternate in the overall relay group.
When he runs inside the Stade de France, Wilson will become the youngest American athlete ever to compete in an Olympic track and field event.
In July, Wilson said he was overjoyed when he received the news that he had been added to the USA relay team after failing to qualify for the 400m individual sprint at the trials.
“When I got the call, I was so excited,” Wilson said. “I started running around the house. It was a great moment for me because everyone dreams of going to the Olympics when they’re young.”
Wilson said he started dreaming of competing in the Games during the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when he was 8. That same year, he began running his main event, the 400-meter dash, and became a force in it.
After twice breaking the world record for the under-18 relay at the U.S. trials, where he clocked 44.59 seconds, Wilson ran an even lower time three weeks ago at a trial in Florida. There, he clocked 44.20 seconds, which has the track world anticipating what he might do with the U.S. relay teams once the Olympics arrive.
And now his chance is here.
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