Team USA runner Quincy Wilson already has his mind on his next milestone after the 2024 Paris Olympics : heading back to school. “Dang, I really got school in 2 and a half weeks #Gold #OlympicGamesParis,” Wilson, 16, wrote via X on Saturday, August 10, alongside a selfie with his medal. Wilson, who’s in the class of 2026 at Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, took home gold after his teammates competed in the 4×400-meter relay on Saturday, August 10.
While Wilson didn’t run on Saturday, he received a medal as a member of the team who ran in the heats. Wilson became the youngest male track and field athlete to participate in the Olympics when he helped the team qualify for the relay final on Friday, August 9. Dang, I really got school in 2 and a half weeks💔 #Gold #OlympicGamesParis pic.
twitter.com/58xEJBMQWi — Quincy “Q” Wilson (@QuincyWilson5) August 11, 2024 Wilson shared the news that he was headed to Paris after his performance at the U.S.
Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Oregon, in June. He placed sixth in the 400-meter final with a time of 44.94 seconds, earning him a spot in the 4×400 relay pool in Paris.
“We goin’ to the Olympics,” he wrote at the time, alongside a pic of him raising his hands up after the race. Wilson previously broke the under-18 world record in the 400-meter race with a time of 44.66 seconds in June.
Days later, he set a new personal best and world record with a time of 44.59 seconds. (The record had previously been held by Da.