COLLEGE PARK, MD – Head coach Andrew Valmon announced today that Olympic Gold medalist and Under 18 400-meter world record holder Quincy Wilson (Gaithersburg, MD) has officially signed with the Maryland track and field program. Last year at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Wilson became the youngest track and field male Olympian in United States history when he was a member of the 4x400 meter relay pool.
 
Wilson chose Maryland over South Carolina, Southern California, Texas A&M, and UCLA.

"Quincy is a generational athlete who has the upside to continue to thrive at the top of our sport," said Valmon. "His support system here at Maryland, in his home state, is unmatched. I am excited to get to work on this next phase of his journey."
 
Valmon brings great experience and mentorship to Wilson as a former Olympic and internationally successful quarter miler himself who still owns the 4x400 World Record set at the 1993 World Championships and won gold medals in the 1998 and 1992 Olympic games. Additionally, Wilson was part of Team USA in Paris with Terps assistant throws coach Rudy Winkler and worked alongside Maryland associate head coach Danielle Siebert who has several years' experience with Team USA including as the Team Manager in Paris.
 
Wilson has become one of the most well-known U.S. track and field athletes. In 2024, he was named the USATF Youth Athlete of the Year.
 
He had his breakout year in indoor and outdoor track and field in 2023. In March, he claimed the New Balance Nationals indoor 400-meter title in Boston with 46.67 seconds. He followed this with a second-place finish at the New Balance Nationals outdoor 400 meters in June. Wilson owns a 44.10 personal best in the 400 meters, an improvement on his previous 44.20 record from 2024. That time is the U.S. high school record, the Under 18 world record, and the second-fastest ever by a Under 20 athlete. He finished the 2025 outdoor season tied for seventh-fastest in the world and defended his indoor and outdoor 400 meters national titles at New Balance Nationals.
 
The 2024 indoor season showcased Wilson's extraordinary talent. In January, he nearly broke the national high school record in the 500-meters with 1:01.27 at the VA Showcase. February saw him set multiple marks, including the second-fastest all-time high school boys' 600-meter at 1:17.36 at the Millrose Games. In March, he defended his New Balance Nationals indoor title with a national record of 45.76 seconds in the 400-meter and helped Bullis School set a national record in the 4x400-meter relay.
 
Wilson's 2024 outdoor season brought even more achievements. His Penn Relays performance included a blazing 44.37-second split. At the U.S. Olympic Trials in June, he set under-18 world bests in both preliminaries (44.66) and semifinals (44.59), finishing sixth in the final. In July, he improved his under-18 world best to 44.20 seconds at the Holloway Pro Classic.
 
He started competing nationally in 2022, when he won his fifth AAU Junior Olympic Games title. Wilson also won the 400-meter final with a time of 47.77 seconds and came in second place in the 200-meter final, finishing with a time of 22.42 seconds.
 
In 2023, he made history as one of the youngest American athletes to sign a name, image, and likeness (NIL) contract with a major sports brand.
 
Though Maryland has produced several Olympians throughout the program's track and field history and has several current and former Olympians and U.S. Track & Field Olympic staff, Wilson is the first-ever Olympic competitor to sign with the Terps.
 
Wilson becomes one of the most recent high-profile local student-athletes to sign with Maryland. Last week, Baba Oladotun of Silver Spring signed with the men's basketball program following in the footsteps of current New Orleans Pelican and Baltimore native Derik Queen. The football program has had a host of in-state success recently including current quarterback Malik Washington who is one of the top freshman signal callers in the country. 
 
Other Maryland Olympians include Mark Coogan (1996 Atlanta), Thea LaFond who won Gold in the triple jump at the 2024 Paris games representing Dominica, Renaldo Nehemiah (1980 Moscow), Chioma Onyekwere (2021 Tokyo, 2024 Paris), Micha Powell (2016 Rio), and three-time Olympian Rudy Winkler (2016 Rio, 2021 Tokyo, 2024 Paris).