Rincon's Ryan Silva runs during the 1600 meter dash during the AIA State Track and Field meet at Mesa Community College on May 11, 2013. Silva's younger brother, Derrick Silva, won the USATF Junior Olympic National Cross Country Championships in Dec. 2014. 

 Darryl Webb / for the Arizona Daily Star

Another name to watch: Derrick Silva won the USATF Junior Olympic National Cross Country Championships late last month in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The Doolen Middle School student previously won the USATF 800 meters championship for boys 11-12 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Silva? Sound familiar? His brother, Ryan Silva, who was one of Tucson’s top distance runners of the last 25 years, is now a sophomore on the cross-country and track teams at Stanford. 

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