If we had to guess Quincy Wilson‘s lucky number, we’d have to go with four. On Saturday, the 17-year-old Olympic 4x400m gold medallist from Chesapeake, Va., native broke the U18 400m world record for the fourth time, winning the 400m title at the Ed Murphey Track Classic in a blazing 44.10 seconds. That time? It also happens to be the fourth-fastest senior mark in the world this year. That’s a lot of fours.
Bryce Deadmon of the U.S. took second in 44.39 while Delano Kennedy of Jamaica claimed third in 45 seconds flat.
Wilson’s performance lowers his own previous best of 44.20, set last July, and betters his 2025 season’s best by more than a full second. It also dips under the world qualifying standard of 44.85 and now stands as the fastest U20 time of the year–by nearly three-tenths of a second.
At just 17, Wilson is now the second-fastest U20 400m runner in history, and is at least seven years younger than anyone else in this year’s global top 10.
QUINCY WILSON.
44.10s for 400m.
U-18 WORLD RECORD.
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— Chris Chavez (@ChrisChavez) July 13, 2025
Last year, Wilson, then just 16 years and 176 days old, made history as the youngest American male track athlete ever named to the U.S. Olympic Team. He ran a strong leg in the preliminary round of the men’s 4x400m relay, helping Team USA to an eventual gold medal.
With each record, Wilson creeps closer to taking down the long-standing world U20 record of 43.87 seconds, set by Steve Lewis of the U.S. to win the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games.
See here for full results from the Ed Murphey Classic.
