What exactly comes to your mind when you think of Quincy Wilson? The 17-year-old is one of the best young track and field talents America has got, but other than that? Maybe competitive? In January, before he began his 2025 season, he described losing as his biggest fear. Ironically, he began his 2025 season with back-to-back setbacks in the Virginia Showcase and Millrose games. Things are not the same for the outdoor season. He has already won the 400m (45.27) in the Pepsi Florida Relays, and in his second outdoor race, the teenager has once again proved how competitive he is – this time leaving a debate among the fans as well. How?
The Paris Gold medalist took his mark on the track at Franklin Field in Philadelphia on April 25th. The teenager anchored Bullis School’s 4x400m relay team in the 129th edition of the Penn Relays. While Quincy, being the speed demon he is, put on a great performance in the race, recording an impressive 45.99 split in the 4×400 prelims, it was the moment before he received the baton that caught fans’ eyes.
SportsCenter NEXT took to their Instagram on April 30th to post a clip before the track and field prodigy got his hands on the baton. In the video, he can be seen stepping over to the lane next to him. But what happens next is even more interesting. The lane he stepped into was occupied by an athlete from Jamaica’s Kingston College, and he simply put his hand on the Olympian’s stomach and pushed him back to his lane. Now, some fans feel this was the right thing and find Wilson at fault.
“Nah, Quincy shouldn’t have stepped in front of him like that. I would’ve moved him too.” said a fan. But Wilson maybe took it personally as he himself posted it with a caption, ““Ight bet” – probably Quincy ” and it felt like that because as soon as he got pushed back, he looked at the athlete and started nodding his head furiously as if signaling that fine if it going to be that way, I am gonna go ahead and win. And what happened next…
He did exactly that. He got the baton later than the Jamaican, and yet he outpaced him to the finish line.
The story is developing…
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