The last time Quincy Wilson stepped onto the track, the noise was louder than the applause. At the Pepsi Florida Relays, the buzz wasn’t about his brilliance—it was about what Bullis High School didn’t win. Their boys’ 4x400m squad couldn’t clinch the top spot, and even though Quincy won the individual 400m, it was Tywan Cox, the runner-up, who stole much of the spotlight in relays. Meanwhile, people started to question. Was Quincy slipping? Was the hype fading?
Well, on Friday, April 25, Quincy Wilson answered back the only way he knows how—with fire on his spikes and history in his stride. At the Championship of America during the Penn Relays, Bullis High School was hanging in fifth place going into the anchor leg of the boys’ 4x400m relay. Then Quincy got the baton. In a stunning 43.99-second split—yes, forty-three point nine nine—the 16-year-old phenom rocketed his team into second place, crossing the line in 3:06.31. That time shattered a 41-year-old high school national record.
Bullis didn’t win it all—Kingston College of Jamaica took the title for a fourth straight year with 3:05.93—but Quincy’s anchor leg was the performance that everyone talked about. On X, one fan wrote, “One of the most incredible performances I’ve ever had the privilege to witness – the @pennrelays never ever disappoints – take a bow Quincy Wilson … the world is yours ….” But this wasn’t just a fan—it was Pierce O’Callaghan, an international sports consultant. When voices like that speak, the world listens.
17-YEAR-OLD Quincy Wilson is out of this WORLD!
43.99 split!
Bullis break HS 4x400m national record that had stood for 40 YEARS by over a minute in 3:06.31!pic.twitter.com/2vp4Fo727J
— Travis Miller (@travismillerx13) April 25, 2025
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