What leg for Quincy Wilson in Paris?

I would think he will be mixed 4x400 only.

Mixed 4x4, if the agents for the pro's don't make sure their guys are on the actual 4x4 in front of the HS kid (nice story but..) they arent doing their jobs.

1st leg of the mixed relay, obviously

his height even matches the female sprinters, win/win

I say give him any leg. I just want him to get the experience of the world's largest stage.

Anchor.

Big lead, 1 exchange, run like Hell, set him up for dominating in 4 years. The 3 guys in front of him will make sure he's ready. There's not as much pressure as you guys think. He's extremely confident and has a shot at sub 44 split. That scenario probably won't happen but it would be wild if it did.

He will not be running the final. Being in the relay pool means he'll be running in a qualifying round, probably 1st or 4th leg..

Ok can’t see any good legs for him.

You usually want a strong guy in the first leg so that the second guy has a shot at the lead in the second leg without having to go all out in the first 100m. He is too slow for the first leg (even for the heats).

You want your leg 2 guy to have a strong 200m PB so that he can go out fast to take the lead. Quincy’s 200m PB is 22.15!!! A lot of the women will have similar 200m PBs. In addition, the cut in can get physical. Not your best choice for 2nd leg.

The third leg is the most chaotic. The teams may not have spread that much in the first 2 legs, so the exchange can get messy (at the start and at the end).

He may be ok for the last leg, but again, it’s rare that you put your weakest runner on the anchor.

But if you had to pick a leg, I guess it would be the anchor.

Yes, like the OP said. 1st or 4th leg are good because they’re the most clear cut and simple, which takes a little pressure off.

Sure, and Stewart McSweyn’s 800 PB is 2:01.48. Wilson ran that 22.15 into a 2.0m/s headwind when he was 14. He split 21.33 & 21.37 through 200m in the first two rounds at the Trials.

22.15 isn’t even his PB, despite being the most recent 200 listed on his WA page. He ran 21.02 indoors in February:

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Good chance the kid can run 20.5ish now.

What Bob Sack and 1st leg said.

His height is close to female average height. Plus, he is used to passes with top HS boys, who run about as fast as Olympic-level gals. So mixed relay would be ideal.

Definitely not 2nd, he's too small to handle that. 1st would be fine tbh, but so would 3rd and 4th assuming USA has a lead.

If you could change this team's order at the '97 worlds (they won their heat), where would you put Allen Johnson?

Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Chris Jones, Allen Johnson

That's where I'd put the kid.

It should be common knowledge to understand that absolutely NO ONE with a PB of 22.15 would be able to run a 44.5 400M. He just doesn't race the 200M often. As another said, he could probably manage around 20.5x or so if he ran it

Wish World Athletics would go back to the "pick whatever gender order you want" for just this one race. Quincy Williams chasing down Femke Bol on the anchor leg would be pure entertainment.

He's likely sub 21 for 200 but I would guess just under. He trains more strength oriented, a little unusual for the 400 but it helps him run smooth and finish well. Boling was out waaay ahead of Quincy at 200m of the 400 final, but Quincy still beat him.

Both.

None. Let him take the brunt of the media attention beforehand and let the pros handle the actual running.

It’s amazing to still see some of the disrespect leveled against this kid. Whatever leg he runs, I think he is going to do something special, as he usually does.