“There’s only one Quincy Wilson.” This came from a track and field legend when he had to talk about Quincy Wilson, just six days ago. The 17-year-old is an exceptional talent, the world teen has rarely left his age and has the word Olympian to his name. Standing tall to the title, out of five all-time High School national Indoor 400 m records, the top three belong to him. At times it feels like Quincy is racing against himself! Again he set two new national records in the New Balance Indoor Championships. But still, it doesn’t matter how much he does, as there’s someone who’s always trolling him. Fortunately for the Paris Olympic gold medalist, he again got backed by a track and field legend, the very same one who considers him one of a kind. But who is it?

An account on Twitter posted a video from the Olympian’s relay and raised questions over his form, “Somebody fix his form please,” it read. Michael Johnson was quick to react to the tweet and defend the Paris Olympic gold medalist; he replied, “Two things about unorthodox form. 1) Should it be corrected? His low and outward arm swing will cause fatigue earlier than necessary, so yes.” Now don’t be surprised here, yes, he did point out what was wrong with the form and what the consequences could be, but he also said that Wilson has time.

Johnson’s tweet further told us about when Wilson should change it, citing, “When to correct? Age, current results, and difficulty of the change all should factor. He’s young and already fast. Plenty of time!” It is only fair for the founder and CEO of Grand Slam Track to believe he’s going to get better with time. The word teen is yet to leave Wilson’s age, and yet he has Olympic gold and a hat trick of wins now in the New Balance indoors. Praise and support from a four-time Olympic gold medalist is not new to the Paris Olympics gold medalist.

In an interview with CITUS MAG’s Chris Chavez six days ago, he talked about why he didn’t have Wilson in the Grand Slam Track, basically saying that Wilson is an exceptional talent  at the high school level, and there really isn’t much competition for him, so building a league around him will ask for a new Quincy Wilson every time, and what Johnson believes is that “there’s not going to be another one probably for another 20, 30 years—maybe 10 years, still too long for us.” Honestly, where’s the lie?

Just look at his season till now! January 18, at the Virginia Showcase, he competed in the 500 meters but finished two seconds behind the winner, Andrew Salvodon, who set a new U.S. high school national record of 1:00.49. On the very next day, in the same meet, competing in 4×400 relays, Quincy bounced back and secured a gold. Then on February 2, during the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, he finished in first place in 400m by clocking 45.66m. But, this wasn’t it, as he set a new High School record!

On February 8, during the Millrose Games, Wilson participated in the 600 meters but fell short of his usual performance standards. Again, things did not go as planned during the USA Indoor Championships on February 23. But he left all this behind as he sped in the New Balance Indoors. Also, even if we put the track aside, we cannot disagree with MJ, Quincy Wilson is one of the youngest American athletes to ever sign an NIL deal, reaching an agreement with New Balance in September 2023. And now he’s breaking records at the New Balance nationals.

Quincy Wilson breaks two records

In March 2023, the Olympic gold medalist claimed the New Balance Nationals indoor 400-meter title in Boston with 46.67 seconds and then defended it with  45.76 seconds in the 400-meter. The 2024 one was a record-breaker as the Olympian overtook Newburgh Free Academy’s Elzie Coleman‘s 45.92. Coleman’s record stood for 20 years, Wilson’s? 1. The Olympian is only getting faster. Proof?  he broke his record in the 400 m.

The Fastest Party on the Planet took place between March 13 and 16, in Boston for the quarter year of the 21st century, and guess who rocked it? Of course, Quincy Wilson. The man went beyond his very own record of 45.76 from 2024, clocking in 0.05 seconds earlier, this time in the 400m sprint. That was not his only; the athlete who raced for the Bullis High School made sure to raise the legacy of his school even higher when he anchored their 4x400m relay, clocking in a record time of 45.9 seconds, marking one of the fastest indoor relay splits ever. What’s also astonishing is that all this came after a previous miss in the season.

Another fact is that Quincy’s fastest time in the 400m is 45.13 seconds! Yeah, he has been faster, but that’s in the outdoors. Maybe we can see another record shatter when the outdoor season hits?