The young star from Bullis School broke his own high school record and qualified for Monday’s championship race in the 400 meters.
Quincy Wilson, left, runs alongside Bryce Deadmon and Jenoah McKiver in the men's 400-meter semifinal Sunday in Eugene, Ore. EUGENE, Ore. — In the aftermath of what he described as one the best days of his life, Quincy Wilson studied the times of the men he raced against. He noticed many of them had run the best 400 meters of their season, if not their entire career.
Wilson’s competitors — the ones who can legally drive a car and vote — will have to deal with him again. Wilson,with his second history-making lap in three days. Monday evening, a few weeks removed from earning straight A’s as a high school sophomore and days after being namedWilson stormed into the finals with a gutsy semifinal run, passing a pair of rivals in the final 100 meters to finish third in his heat in 44.59 seconds. The U.S.
“All I’m doing is heart,” Wilson said. “Someone that’s 16 years old, they’re most likely to get scared when they go into the big competitors. Vernon, he’s 32 years old. I’m half his age. I’m just running for my life when I’m out there. The race plan went out the window.” “It’s tough,” Norman said. “There’s people out there fighting for money. He made the final. It’s very hard to say. This is probably his first time running three rounds. He’s 16 years old. I remember running three rounds in the 200, and I was cooked. But kids are different now. Anything is possible.”
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