QUINCY WILSON - US HIGH SCHOOL 400m RECORD - 44.66

Watching on Peacock .. they're talking about it, showed the last 100m and finish of his race, and a short interview with Lewis Johnson talking about the U18 world record and the high school record.

Hope they can post the full footage of his heat on YouTube later.

What a great kid. I hope he makes the team. It will be the story of the 2024 T&F trials.

Here's a trackside view!

And courtesy of @pronatewithnate on instagram, a look from the stands:

https://x.com/trackgazette/status/1804284472986042827

Really gratifying to see how overwhelmingly powerful team USA is. 12 men with Oly Standard in the 400m. Only about 6 of them are contenders in the final but then there are some without the qualifier who may very well have it by the final of the event.

Boling runs a 44.94 PR. Checking the 100m splits, he was far and away the fastest in all heats thru 100m (10.70), fastest 200m (21.06) -- with 2nd fastest and 100m split, still hanging on with the fastest 1st 300m (barely), and final 100m struggle at 12.48 for 2nd in heat, 4th overall.

If he can improve that final 100m he is a threat to crack top 3

Certain HS performances, along with certain NCAA performances, aren't even believable anymore

Imagine seeing progressions like this from a teenage Moroccan or Kenyan. All 1600 / 3200 performances have been converted to mile / 2 mile with a * for altitude conversion

Mile:

4:18 --> 4:07 (with a 1:59 800)--> 3:57

4:30 --> 4:09 --> 3:57*

2 mile / 5000:

9:07 --> 9:04 --> 8:31

9:19* --> 8:41 / 13:59 --> 8:38 / 13:25

Or for a slightly older female:

17:14 --> 8:53 / 15:20 --> 8:49 / 15:25 --> 8:41 / 14:52 / 30:50

Yeah, but he doesn't have to beat both of them, only one.

If Bailey, Norwood, Hall, and Norman all beat him, but he gets 5th, he still gets a relay and/or mixed relay spot, no?

He seems to have a chance, but I don’t agree with that premise at all. Norman, Hall, Deadmon, Norwood…Wilson has to do more than merely beat one of those guys you named.

Issam Asinga 2.0

Ah, clarification.

Is there ANYONE who’s at the top, whether it’s world, college, or HS, who’s not incredibly suspicious? If you’re already training hard, you don’t double your 5k to get a new 10k PR in a year. or drop 33 seconds in a 2 mile lol

If you say this from a teenage east african, you wouldn't be impressed because there are "teenage" east africans like selemon barega running 12:43 without super shoes at "18" yrs old. If we saw an east african run 90 mpw from a young age and run 13:25 like Danny Simmons did, no one would gaf because thats not a competitive time. Zero people would accuse a 13:25 east african 18yr old of doping. in fact zero people would even know that they exist.

He isn't going to do it from "improvement" at this point, he will do it by going out a bit slower.

On the other hand, look at Mo Katir. That’s the type of progression it is

And this kid is 16.5 years old!

Maybe. For the trials. But long term he can work on a stronger final 100m off a fast start. I have not seen the race so don't know if he was struggling or shutting it down with his advancement locked up.

Would it be a bigger story if Quincy Wilson made the 4X400 team (final or alternate) or if Noah Lyles got to run for a possible 4 Gold Games?

Quincy is clearly better at 400m with results.

When he ran the 2 x 44 point races, he was in lane 2 most of the race.