TFRRS Performance Profile
Personal bests (thru 2017):
- 1,500: 3:49.41
- Mile: 4:10.33
- 800: 1:53.62
- 3,000: 8:34.19c
- 3,000 steeplechase: 9:27.39
As a senior (2016-17):
Outdoors
- Pac-12 All-Academic second team.
- Set personal bests in the 1,500 in back-to-back meets, Pac-12 and the Portland Track Festival.
- Broke PB by 1.59 seconds by running 3:49.41 at the Portland Track Festival.
- Established PB in the 800 at the Stanford Invitational (1:53.62).
Indoors
- Did not compete.
Cross country
- Did not compete.
As a junior (2015-16):
Outdoors
- Pac-12 All-Academic second team.
Indoors
- Did not compete.
Cross country
- Placed 15th at the Stanford Invitational as team's No. 3.
- Was timed in 24:15.9 for 8K.
- Raced twice, also placing 56th at Washington Invite (8K, 24:13.2).
As a sophomore (2014-15):
Outdoors
- Set 1,500 personal best of 3:51.45 at the Outdoor Opener at Cal.
- Finished fourth in the Big Meet steeplechase (9:27.39) while running it for the first time.
- Set 800 PB of 1:53.64 at the Stanford Invitational.
Indoors
- Did not compete.
Cross country
- Named to Pac-12 All-Academic second team.
- 86th at Stanford Invitational (25:05, 8K), as Stanford's No. 6.
- 53rd at Bronco Invitational (24:32.2, 8K), as Stanford's No. 6.
As a freshman (2013-14):
Outdoors
- Did not compete.
Indoors
- Made collegiate debut by running the mile (4:13.72, 23rd) and 4x800 (7:35.71) at the season-opening UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 18.
- Finished 21st in the invite 3,000 at the Penn State National (8:38.80).
Cross Country
- Ran in two races unattached.
- Was 28th overall and No. 9 among all Stanford runners, in 25:39 (8K) at the Stanford Invitational.
- Also was sixth at the Doc Adams Invite (24:32, 8K).
High School:
- Won the invitational mile at the 2013 Arcadia Invitational in 4:12.06.
- Completed his high school season by reaching three finals at the Arizona Division I championships.
- Third in the 3,200 (a personal best 9:12.00), fourth in the 800 (1:54.15), and eighth in the 1,600 (4:22.70).
- Lettered three years in soccer at Rincon University High School in Tucson, Ariz.
Personal:
- Son of Juan and Kim Silva.
- Broke two age-group world records for the mile.
- In 2008, ran a 4:43.78 mile in Portland to break the world record for 12-year-olds.
- The record had stood for 40 years.
- In 2010, also at the Portland Track Festival, he ran 4:19.73 to set the record for 14-year-olds
- Has been competing in track and field since age three.
- Has a double major of computer science and symbolic systems, with a focus on artificial intelligence.
- Father played soccer at UC Davis.
- Has a younger brother, Derrick.
Career results:
| Year | Season (Meets) | Event | Season Best | Conf. | Regional | NCAA |
| 2016-17 | Outdoors (7) | 1,500 | 3:49.41 | 16 (3:51.00) | -- | -- |
| 800 | 1:53.62 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Cross country (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2015-16 | Outdoors (3) | 1,500 | 3:52.42 | -- | -- | -- |
| Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Cross country (2) | 8K | 24:13.2 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2014-15 | Outdoors (7) | 1,500 | 3:51.45 | -- | -- | -- |
| 800 | 1:53.64 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Steeple | 9:27.39 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Indoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Cross country (2) | 8K | 24:32.2 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2013-14 | Outdoors (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Indoors (2) | Mile | 4:13.72 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 3,000 | 8:38.80 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 4x800 | 7:35.71 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Cross country (0) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |