Quincy Wilson has made history.
The 16-year-old runner was selected for the U.S. 4x400m relay team, which will make him the youngest American male track Olympian.
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WATCH HEREThe full roster for Paris will be revealed later this month, but Wilson confirmed the news in an Instagram post on Sunday night.
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“The call came directly to me from USA Track & Field,” Wilson's coach Joe Lee told USA TODAY. “I called Quincy afterwards with the good news.”
Wilson is a student at Bullis School, just outside of Washington D.C. in Potomac, Maryland. At the Olympic trials, he set the world-record for under-18 runners in the 400m (44.59 seconds).
Wilson, who turns 17 in January 2025, will surpass Jim Ryun and Erriyon Knighton, who were both 17 when they became Olympians.
