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16-year-old Quincy Wilson breaks U18 world 400 record at US Olympic trials

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Sixteen-year-old Quincy Wilson didn’t waste any time making a name for himself among the professional and collegiate giants on the track Friday at the U.S. Olympic trials, winning his men’s 400-meter heat in 44.66 seconds.

The time is a new U18 world record and helped Wilson hit the Olympic standard, along with qualifying for the semifinals Sunday.

When asked where from 1 to 10 his nerves were heading into the race, Wilson said he wasn’t nervous at all.

“Probably like a two,” he said. “I guess I’m racing against bigger people that got brands and things like that. To me, everybody puts their spikes on the same way that I do. I’m just going out there and giving it my best effort because I train just as hard as they do. It’s the best of the best going out there at each other. Everybody here is a winner because they’ve made it this far.”

Wilson, who attends Bullis School in Maryland, won the 400 at New Balance Nationals in Philadelphia last week in 45.13 seconds and said he’s had his eye on that world record all season.

“It’s a different game. I’m not in high school anymore,” Wilson said. “I’m running with the big dogs, so I just had to come out here and give it my all.”

The semifinals of the men’s 400 will take place at 6:35 p.m. Sunday at Hayward Field.

Alec Dietz covers University of Oregon football, volleyball, women’s basketball and baseball for The Register-Guard. You may reach him at adietz@registerguard.com and you can follow him on X @AlecDietz.

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