Source – Quincy Wilson, 16, to run 4×400 meter relay at the Olympics

PARIS — Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old who turned heads at the U.S. track and field events in June, will get the chance to do the same at the Olympics on Friday, a source confirmed to ESPN.

The Maryland native will be part of the men’s 4×400-meter relay team that morning, when it competes in the opening heat of the Olympic relay. After Wilson missed the 4×400 heats earlier in the week, it was uncertain whether he would run at all, or simply be a replacement in the overall relay group.

When Wilson steps onto the track at the Stade de France, he will become the youngest American man to ever compete in an Olympic track event.

In July, Wilson said he was thrilled to learn he would be named to Team USA’s relay pool after failing to qualify for the individual 400-meter dash at the trials.

“When I got the call, I was like, I was ecstatic,” Wilson said. “I started running around the house. It was just a moment for me, because everyone dreams of going to the Olympics when they’re a little kid.”

Wilson said he first began dreaming about competing in the Games at the 2016 Rio Olympics when he was 8 years old. That same year, he began running his main event, the 400, and has become a force in the event.

After twice breaking the under-18 world record for the event at the U.S. Trials, running it in just 44.59 seconds, Wilson went even lower three weeks ago at a warm-up race in Florida, running a time of 44.20 seconds that sent the track and field world abuzz with anticipation about what he could do for U.S. relay teams once the Olympics begin.

Now his chance has arrived.