Track and field standout and Olympic gold medalist Quincy Wilson signed with Maryland, coach Andrew Valmon announced Monday.
Wilson, the first Olympic competitor to sign with Maryland, marks a massive local recruiting win for Valmon. Wilson chose Maryland over South Carolina, Texas A&M, UCLA and USC.
The 17-year-old Bullis School attendee is the No. 1 recruit nationally in the 2026 class, according to Scholar Champion Athlete.
“Quincy is a generational athlete who has the upside to continue to thrive at the top of our sport,” Valmon said. “His support system here at Maryland, in his home state, is unmatched. I am excited to get to work on this next phase of his journey.”
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The Chesapeake, Virginia, native now lives in Gaithersburg and chose to stay home after a pair of visits to College Park. Wilson took an official visit in July and an unofficial visit in October.
At just 16, Wilson became the youngest American male track Olympian when he qualified for the 4×400-meter relay pool at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Wilson set an under-18 world record in the 400-meter sprint at 44.10 seconds in July and was the USA Track and Field Youth Athlete of the Year in 2024.
He’s also the latest in a string of high-profile local commitments for Maryland athletics. Five-star forward and Silver Spring native Baba Oladotun committed to Maryland men’s basketball on Nov. 19. Jordyn Jackson, a five-star Washington, D.C. native, headlines women’s basketball’s 2026 recruiting class, and Zion Elee, a Baltimore product and the highest-ranked recruit in Maryland football history, committed in December 2024.
