Fastest 16-year-old Quincy Wilson strikes again, runs historic anchor leg from sixth position to win 4x400m race at Penns Relays

Teenage star Quincy Wilson is part of the US 4x400m Olympic team in Paris

Fastest 16-year-old Quincy Wilson strikes again, runs historic anchor leg from sixth position to win 4x400m race at Penns Relays

Funmilayo Fameso 19:04 - 27.04.2024

Quincy Wilson recorded another unbelievable performance at the Penn Relays by splitting the fastest time in the meets history.

Quincy Wilson's fame and talent keep rising above the bars since breaking into the limelight as he clocked another iconic time of 44.37s split to win a Boy's 4x400m race at the Penn Relays.

The Bullis School (MD) high school student made up for his team's fall from the first leg runner, which led him to get the baton in sixth position, but his insane split time ensured he anchored them to victory to qualify for the final.

Wilson's split time isn't just the swiftest by a teenager but it's the fastest by a male 400m runner in Penn Relays in history.

Quincy Wilson is regarded as the next big star in track and field

The 16-year-old became a world phenom when he blazed his way to a jaw-dropping Personal Best (PB) time of 45.19s to win a 400m race, thus obliterating the times Usain Bolt and Kirani James had clocked when they were the same age (45.35s and 45.24s respectively).

Speaking after his iconic race, he said: “I feel great…I feel like I executed the race pretty well but there are a lot of things that I have to work on. Coming up from one week of training since the indoor, I feel pretty good.

“It’s feeling great coming out here and trying to stay healthy until the end of the season because it’s a long season. I just want to stay healthy and be able to keep getting ready for my craft and things like that and just keep working hard towards the goal,” added Wilson.

“I also want to be able to just run a great race and remain thankful for what I’m able to do. I’ve been watching all those races, studying them, and breaking them down from 50m to 100m…I learn how to execute my race from those videos.

“I don’t really know where I’ll be racing next and I just want to go week by week learning different things and just executing so you never know. I just want to accept the challenge and go with it,” he concluded.

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