Personal Records
1000 Meter: 2:48.71
1500 Meter: 4:14.30
3000 Meter: 8:59.83
5000 Meter: 15:39.12
10000 Meter: 33:42.09
2016 Outdoor: Registered a 15:43.20 in the 5000m at the SBC Championships… ran a 33:42.09 in the 10000m at the UL-Lafayette Classics… posted a 15:39.12 in the 5000m at the Carl Kight Invitational… tallied a 4:14.30 in the 1500m at the LSU Alumni Gold
2016 Indoor: Recorded a 9:02.85 in the 3000m at the SBC Championships… sixth-place in the 5000m (15:57.27) at the KMS Invitational… placed top-15 in the 3000m with a time of 9:00.87 at the season-opening Texas A&M Invitational… posted an 8:59.83 in the 3000m at the Samford Open
2015 XC: Clocked in at 26:52.0 in the 8K at the SBC Championships, coming in as ULM’s fastest finisher and in 28th-place overall. It crushed his 30:22.4 from the year before… began the season with a top-10 time of 18:32.41 in the 5K at the Southern Miss Invitational… followed it up with a 12th-place showing of 22:07.2 in the four mile at the Mook Invitational… scored a 26:23.32 at the Chile Pepper Festival in the first 8K race of the year… closed out the regular season with a 27:55.12 in the 8K at the Crimson Classic
2015 Outdoor: Ran a 34:41.37 in the 10000m at the SBC Championships… registered a 4:21.12 in the 1500m at the McNeese Cowboy Relays… season-best 9:30.06 in the 3000m and recorded a 4:26.96 in the 1500m at the Jim Mize Invitational… set a personal-record with a time of 34:36.66 to finished fourth in the 10000m at the Battle on the Bayou… posted a personal-record of 4:19.88 in the 1500m at the Demon Invite… clocked in at a personal-record 16:25.24 in the 5000m at the UCA Open… seventh-place in the 5000m (17:25.59) at the Leon Johnson Invitational
2015 Indoor: Registered a personal-record time of 9:27.97 in the 3000m at the Vulcan Invite… posted a 9:32.97 in the 3000m at the Texas A&M Invitational… ran a personal-record of 2:48.71 in the 1000m at the UAB Blazer Invitational… tallied a 9:47.65 in the 3000m at the Samford Invitational
2014 XC: Recorded a time of 27:30 in the four mile at the season opener Tulsa Hurricane Festival… ran a 30:19.5 in the 8K at the Chile Pepper Festival… registered a score of 31:37.86 in the 8K at the Crimson Classic… ended the year with a 30:22.4 time at the 2014 SBC Championships
Previous School: Earned a spot on the All-Conference Academic Team (2013-14) at New Mexico State
Personal: Full name is Christopher Valdez Silva... born Nov. 15, 1994 in Rancho Mirage, Calif... son of Rodolfo and Olivia Silva... has an older brother Rodolfo Silva Jr... enjoys swimming... ran prep at Indio HS... majoring in political science
