Another name to watch:Β Derrick SilvaΒ 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,Β Ryan Silva, who was one of Tucsonβs top distance runners of the last 25 years, is now a sophomore on the cross-country and track teams at Stanford.Β
Doolen Middle School's Silva wins Junior Olympic Championship
- Greg Hansen Arizona Daily Star
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