NEW YORK (20 December) — Quincy Wilson recorded a new personal best time of 6.34 seconds in the 55-meter invitational preliminaries at the 2025 Jim Mitchell Invitational on Saturday, December 20, 2025. The event took place at The Nike Track & Field Center at The Armory in New York. Wilson, a senior sprinter at Bullis School, improved his previous best time of 6.49 seconds.
The 17-year-old Olympian at Paris 2024 competed in heat one of the preliminaries and won his section despite a slight movement in the starting blocks. He pulled away from the other runners to secure his place in the final and advanced as the fastest qualifier.
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Alex Guthrie from South Lakes High School finished second in the same heat with a time of 6.48 seconds, which was the fourth-fastest time overall in the preliminaries.
Cameron Homer, a junior at Bullis School, also ran 6.36 seconds to win heat two of the event. Homer’s time matched Wilson’s and was the second-fastest of the day heading into the final. Homer finished ahead of Okikijesu Fashakin from Academy Charter, who recorded 6.64 seconds. Ian Thomas from Archbishop Stepinac advanced to the final with a time of 6.47 seconds after winning heat three.
In the girls’ 55-meter preliminaries, Mya Arrendell of Bullis School won heat two with a time of 6.96 seconds. Laura Fiegel from The St James Academy qualified with the second-fastest time of 6.99 seconds after winning heat one. Three other Bullis School athletes advanced to the final: Alexis Brown and Kennedy Brown, who both ran 7.07 seconds, and Aida Joseph, who recorded 7.19 seconds.
Wilson was also scheduled to compete in the 500-meter race later in the meeting.
The finals for both the boys’ and girls’ 55-meter races will take place later on Saturday evening at the same venue.
