{"id":405701,"date":"2024-06-24T03:04:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T03:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=405701"},"modified":"2024-06-24T03:04:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T03:04:47","slug":"16-year-old-olympic-hopeful-quincy-wilson-just-broke-his-own-record-he-set-2-days-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=405701","title":{"rendered":"16-year-old Olympic hopeful Quincy Wilson just broke his own record he set 2 days ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On Friday, Quincy Wilson announced he&#8217;s racing with the &#8220;big dogs&#8221; after breaking the world U18 and American high school records in the 400-meter dash in the Olympic Trials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On Sunday, the 16-year-old broke his <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">own<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Wilson, competing in the semifinals, ran a 44.59 in the 400m, eclipsing his previous mark of 44.84 seconds. In doing so, he qualified for the finals in Eugene, Oregon, and is now one race away from reaching the Olympics before <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">he reaches<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> his junior year of high school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Bullis School (Potomac, Md.) star finished third in the semifinal race, putting on a burst at the end to do so. His finish helped him <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/olympics\/2024\/06\/23\/2024-olympic-track-trials-16-year-old-qualifies-400-final\/74189379007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">secure a spot in the finals<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">16 YEAR OLD Quincy Wilson just broke his own U18 World Record and High School record in the 400m with a 44.59. WHAT??!?! 2 World Records by Quincy in 2 days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WBkuqvHccJ\">pic.twitter.com\/WBkuqvHccJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RGIII\/status\/1805056435631374482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If Wilson can reach the Paris Olympics, he&#8217;ll be an Olympian before getting his driver&#8217;s license. He told reporters that he recently turned 16 and, because he needs to take a three-week class to learn to drive, joked that he wouldn&#8217;t be able to complete it any time if he qualifies for the Games.<\/p>\n<p>The men&#8217;s 400-meter final is scheduled for Monday at 9:59 p.m. Eastern Time and will be aired on NBC.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cI don\u2019t I\u2019m gonna get my driver\u2019s license at this point.\u201d \u2013 16-year-old Quincy Wilson after his 44.59 to advance to the U.S. Olympic Trials 400m final <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f602.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude02\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0wNx60GHwR\">pic.twitter.com\/0wNx60GHwR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Chavez (@ChrisChavez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisChavez\/status\/1805062368097136732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"related shortcode shortcode--related\">\n<h2 class=\"related__header\">Related<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/prime-time-colorad-buffaloes-qb-julian-lewis-gets-a-burger-named-after-him\" data-track=\"usatodayhss-in-article-related-curated\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">5-star QB Julian Lewis gets a burger named after him at Boulder, Colorado spot<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/apparently-shohei-ohtanis-476-foot-blast-wouldnt-have-been-a-home-run-at-this-ohio-high-school\" data-track=\"usatodayhss-in-article-related-curated\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">Apparently Shohei Ohtani&#039;s 476-foot blast wouldn&#039;t have been a home run at this Ohio high school<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/final-usa-today-sports-avca-boys-volleyball-super-25-rankings\" data-track=\"usatodayhss-in-article-related-curated\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">Final 2024 USA TODAY Sports\/AVCA boys volleyball Super 25 rankings: Cubs earn 2nd straight national title<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/above-the-rim-and-beyond-the-court-olivier-rioux-the-worlds-tallest-teen-is-more-than-just-a-basketball-player\" data-track=\"usatodayhss-in-article-related-curated\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">Above the Rim and Beyond the Court: Olivier Rioux, the world&#039;s tallest teen, is more than just a basketball player<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Two days after breaking the world U18 and American high school records in the 400m in the Olympic Trials, Quincy Wilson broke both records (&#8230;)<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=405701"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":405703,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405701\/revisions\/405703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=405701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=405701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=405701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}