“Thank you Coach Bennie and [Vernon Norwood] for coming to talk to my family and I, about what LSU has to offer,” wrote Quincy Wilson on Instagram last month after his Paris Olympic teammate Vernon Norwood paid him a visit to pitch LSU. The 18-year-old Olympic gold medalist and U18 400m world record holder seemed genuinely interested back then, but fast-forward a few weeks, and it looks like LSU’s charm has worn off. Wilson has now dropped his list of preferred universities, and let’s just say… LSU might be sweating right now.

In recent months, Wilson has been weighing his options of joining a top university and pursuing his passion for running. Several prestigious programs courted him, with LSU and UCLA emerging as frontrunners, both inviting him to visit their campuses, meet the staff,

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