 that they're able to be there and play at a high level at a younger age than the men. Track and field. You have a 16-year-old who is going to be representing the United States in track and field. Basketball is a little trickier, although you can go back to LeBron when he was 16, playing against NBA players, holding his own. Bryce Harper when he was 15 or 16 on the cover of Sports Illustrated.