Former Freedom High track star Calvin Smith, now a sophomore at the University of Florida, is officially in the hunt for a gold medal at this summer’s Beijing Olympics.

Brooks Johnson, chairman of USA Track and Field’s High Performance division announced the relay pools for the men’s and women’s squads that will compete in next month’s Games and Johnson is on the list for the 4x400-meter relay. If you know your Olympic history in this event, you know the United States has dominated the 4x400, winning the gold medal at every Olympics since 1984 and all but five since the first modern Games were staged in 1912.

The official U.S. men’s 4x400 relay pool is Smith, LaShawn Merritt, Jeremy Wariner, David Neville, Reggie Witherspoon and Darold Williamson. Typically, the top four from the finals of the open 400 at the U.S. Olympic trials are considered the likely foursome that will run the finals of the Olymp;ics. Smith was fifth at the trials and his place, along with sixth, are often used in qualifying rounds of the 4x400. Everyone who runs in a qualifying or finals, however, received the same medal won in the title race.

Complicating that scenario is the the fact U.S. coaches can consider anyone who made the Olympic team for any of the relays. Johnson says there’s a chance U.S. coaches might select one or more of the athletes who made the team in the 400 hurdles.

“From the rest of the team, we would first look at any of the 400 hurdlers,” Johnson says of the threesome of Bershawn Jackson, Kerron Clement and Angelo Taylor.

Still, Smith could find himself in the qualifying rounds, especially if he performs well in some of the European meets he is currently competing in.