<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - McKenzie Long says her mom 'is smiling cheek to cheek' after making the Olympics in 200M"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">High school phenom <a target="_blank" href="https://www.usatoday.com/search/?q=Quincy+Wilson" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Quincy Wilson</a> is on his way to Paris for the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">2024 Summer Olympics</a>. Wilson will be a part of the men’s 4x400-relay pool for Team USA's track and field squad.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Wilson now becomes the youngest male U.S. track and field Olympian ever after his superb performance in the at the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/06/21/us-olympic-track-field-trials-live-results-qualified-paris/74129686007/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">U.S. Olympic track and field trials</a> in Eugene, Oregon.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The young runner received the news Sunday, Wilson's coach Joe Lee confirmed to USA TODAY. The team won't formally be announced until July 8.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"The call came directly to me from USA Track & Field," Lee told USA TODAY. "I called Quincy afterwards with the good news."</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:441px" fetchpriority="high" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/07/01/USAT/74265384007-wilson.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/07/01/USAT/74265384007-wilson.jpg?width=1320&height=882&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="Quincy Wilson, running at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials, will part of Team USA's 4x400 relay team at the Paris Summer Games."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Wilson took the track and field world by storm at the Trials. The 16-year-old wonderkid broke the under-18 world record in the opening round of the 400, blazing one lap around the track in 44.66 seconds. The high school record he broke stood for 42 years. Then Wilson bested the time in the semifinals Sunday, running a 44.59 to qualify for the finals.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">In the final, the 16-year-old from Bullis High School in Maryland missed out on the three automatic qualifying spots when he finished in sixth, running a 44.94.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Quincy Hall, won the 400, running a personal best 44.17. Michael Norman finished second at 44.41, and Chris Bailey got the third and final automatic qualifying spot with a time of 44.42.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"Three consecutive sub-44s is just amazing,” Wilson said in Eugene. “All I know is I gave it everything I had, and I can’t be disappointed. At the end of the day, I’m 16 running...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/07/01/quincy-wilson-track-relay-pool-paris-olympics/74262943007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
