He’s one of two high schoolers that made an Olympic Trials final on Sunday.
Two high school athletes made the final rounds of the sprint events today at the Olympic Trials—16-year-old Quincy Wilson in the 400 meters and 18-year-old Christian Miller in the 100 meters. Wilson had already stunned fans at Hayward Field and broken the under-18 world record when he ran 44.66 seconds in the first round of the 400 meters on Friday—the second-fastest time out of the heats. Tonight, he broke it again, running 44.59 seconds to advance on time.
“It’s nothing different—we put on the same shoes the same way,” he said. “We all fought it out today, and it was a great race for me.”Wilson attends the Bullis School—a private school in Potomac, Maryland—and already has an NIL deal with New Balance.Miller, meanwhile, just graduated from Creekside High School in St. John’s, Florida, and competes for a club team, the St. Johns Striders. In April at the Pure Athletics Spring Invitational in Clermont, Florida, he ran 9.
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