16-year-old Quincy Wilson makes history after U.S. gold in 4×400 relays

What a summer for the Maryland high schooler.

On Friday, 16-year-old Quincy Wilson made history as he became the youngest male track and field athlete to compete in the Olympics. The sophomore at Maryland’s Bullis School ran the first leg of the 4×400 relay, helping the men’s team qualify for Saturday’s finals.

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One day later, he’s an Olympic gold medalist. The U.S. relay team of Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon and Rai Benjamin set a new Olympic Record in the event with a 2:54.43. As a member of the team, Wilson gets to take home the hardware, too.

In the stands, Wilson was understandably elated.

Congrats to Team U.S.A., and Wilson has quite the story for his friends back in Maryland when school starts back up.