Team USA sprinter Quincy Wilson is returning to his native Maryland as an Olympic gold medalist. 'Dang, I really got school in 2 and a half weeks,' the 16-year-old Wilson wrote on X after receiving his gold medal for the 4X400 relay on Saturday. Wilson's post on X went viral after he became the youngest male track Olympian in US …
U.S. sprinter Quincy Wilson, top, hands the baton to teammate Vernon Norwood in a men’s 4x400-meter relay heat at the Paris Olympics on Friday. It was about a month ago that Quincy Wilson qualified for the 2024 Summer Games, the skinny teenager holding his own against grown men in 400 meters at the U.S. Olympic track trials. “At 16 years …
SAINT-DENIS, France — For the first time since the spotlight began shining on the phenom from Bullis School in Maryland, Quincy Wilson wasn’t smiling. “Absolutely!” women’s hurdler Masai Russell — who also attended Bullis and is close with Wilson — said when asked if she was proud of him. “It’s just going to be motivation for me,” Quincy Wilson said …
EUGENE, Ore. — Just in case you were wondering, Quincy Wilson isn’t working with the benefit of vibranium. “No, it’s just me inside of it,” Wilson said, flashing a most-Cheshire grin. “I’ve never been this happy a day in my life when it came to track,” Wilson said. “Someone at 16 years old,” Wilson said, supposing the mindset of mere …
EUGENE, Ore. — The magic didn’t quite run out. One of the surprise stars of these U.S. Olympic track and field trials, Wilson still could make the Olympic team in Paris as part of the 4×400 relay pool. If Wilson does make the relay pool, he’d be the youngest American male ever to make the Olympic team in track. Wilson …