Elijah Silva

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Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Toronto, Canada
High School:
Brebeuf College School

2016: (Indoor) Placed eighth at The American Indoor Championships in the 800-meters with a time of 1:59.98… was one of five Hurricane to finish in the top six in the mile at the conference meet, finishing sixth with a time of 4:14.27… won the 800-meters at the Deloss Dodds Invitational… placed second in the 1,000-meters at the Arkansas Invitational with a season-best time of 2:35.08.

2015: (Indoor) Runner-up in the 800-meters with a time of 1:50.76 at The American Indoor Championships… took first as part of the distance medley team at the conference meet… finished fifth in the 800-meters at the Tyson Invitational… took fourth in the 8—meters at the Arkansas Invitational… (Outdoor) competed in the 800-meters at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championship West Preliminaries… ran fourth at The American Outdoor Championships in the 800-meters… placed third in the 1,500-meters at the conference meet with a time of 3:50.36… logged a third place finish at the Payton Jordan Invitational in the 800-meters… won the 1,500-meters at the Michael Johnson Classic… took first in the 800-meters with a time of 1:48.78 at the John McDonnell Invitational… runner-up in the 800-meters at the Tulsa Duels.

2014: (Indoor) Runner-up in the 800-meters at the Conference USA Indoor Championships with a time of 1:51.86… runner-up in the 4x400-meter relay and finished fourth in the 600-yard run at the Wildcat Invitational… runner-up in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:26.99 at the Arkansas Invitational… (Outdoor) competed in the 800-meters at the NCAA West Preliminaries… runner-up with a time of 1:49.52 in the 800-meters at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships… finished fourth with a time of 1:49.21 in the 800-meters at the Arkansas Twilight… took first in the 800-meters at the Michael Johnson Classic and Arkansas Spring Invitational… won the 800-meters with a time of 1:51.86 at the Tulsa Duels.

High School: Ran a personal-best in the 400 meters with a time of 49.65, in the 800 meters with a time of 1:49.74 and the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:47.09 . . . won the OFSAA state title the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:52.38 . . . won the bronze medal in the OFSAA 800 meters . . . runner-up at the Jr. Nationals 1,500 meters and ran for Team Canada in the Jr. Pan Am Games in 2013 in Colombia, where he finished fourth . . . record-holder for the 800 meters at the TDCAA and was named Athlete of the Meet in 2013 and a record-holder for the Nike John Rowland Games 1,500 meters . . . an eight-time qualifier for OFSAA in cross country and track and field.

Personal: Majoring in exercise and sports science . . . son of Maria and Ash Silva . . . has three older brothers, Josh, Adam and Zack and one younger sister, Alexa . . . born July 6, 1995 . . . lists his most memorable event is winning OFSAA . . . started running cross country/track when at the age of 12.