American track star Quincy Wilson’s fall is going to be a lot worse than his summer.
The 16-year-old, who won gold at the 4×400-meter relay in Paris, posted a picture with his medal on Saturday, lamenting that he would soon have to go back to high school.
“Dang, I really got school in two and a half weeks,” Wilson wrote on X, adding a broken heart emoji.
Wilson, who attends the Bullis School in Maryland, became the youngest male track and field athlete to compete in the Olympics when he helped Team USA qualify for the 4×400-meter relay final.
He didn’t run on Saturday, but got gold as part of the team that ran in heats.
Quincy Wilson looks on during the Men’s 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 on day fourteen of the Olympic Games in Paris 2024. Getty Images
Quincy Wilson starts in a men’s 4 x 400 meters relay round 1 heat at the 2024 Summer Olympics. AP
In the final, the team of Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon and Rai Benjamin edged out Botswana by 0.1 seconds, winning gold and setting an Olympic record. Wilson cheered from the stands.
The native of Chesapeake, Va. is likely to compete at the 2028 Los Angeles Games as well.
He currently holds the U18 world record for the indoor and outdoor 400-meter dash, and the American high school record in both.
At his Olympic heat, Bailey ran a 47.27 split in the leadoff leg.
