Prep Talk: Olympian Quincy Wilson Scheduled To Compete At Arcadia Invitational

Rich Gonzalez, nan meet head for nan Arcadia Invitational, remembers erstwhile LeBron James showed up astatine Pauley Pavilion successful 2003 to play successful a precocious schoolhouse hoops tournament, filling nan venue.

Now he’s pulled disconnected nan way balanced pinch nan announcement that 2024 Olympian Quincy Wilson, from Bullis School successful Potomac, Md., is coming connected April 11 to compete astatine nan Arcadia Invitational astatine Arcadia High.

Wilson competed astatine nan 2024 Olympic Games arsenic a 16-year-old moving a limb successful nan qualifying for nan 4x400 relay and earning a golden badge erstwhile nan squad won successful nan finals. The 400 meters is his specialty, and he’s scheduled to tally successful that arena on pinch nan school’s 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams. That intends he’ll get to look Servite, which has California’s champion 400-meter relay team. It besides intends nary 1 is going to time off nan meet early since nan last arena is nan 4x400 relay. Loyola, Servite and Long Beach Poly will beryllium challenging Bullis.

Another prima committed is from nan girls ranks, Natalie Dumas from Eastern Regional High successful Voorhees Township, N.J. She’s coming to effort to break nan nationalist grounds successful nan 300 intermediate hurdles held by Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.

Wilson is committed to Maryland and Dumas to Arkansas.

The meet originates astatine 5 p.m. connected April 11. Tickets will spell connected waste this week.

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