HONORS AND AWARDS:
WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention — 2024
WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll (Bronze) — 2023-24, 2024-25
PEPPERDINE XC 2025 (JR): Finished tenth in the Waves Invite (8/29) with a time of 18:45.7
PEPPERDINE TRACK 2025 (SO): Competed in eight outdoor track meets as a sophomore, specializing in the 1,500 meters and the 5K ... Ran his collegiate-best time in the 1,500 meters with a 4:03.22 at the Oxy Invitational (5/3) ... Broke into the program's top-10 5K leaderboard at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/16-18) with his time of 14:48.79 ... Ran a leg of Pepperdine's 4x800-meter relay at the Gaucho Relays (3/1) ... Made his season debut by running the mile at the Westmont Sunshine Open (2/8)
PEPPERDINE XC 2024 (SO): Peaked late in the year and was Pepperdine's scoring runner in all six races, including both postseason races ... Had two top-25 finishes to begin the season by placing 25th at the Waves Invite (8/30) and 15th at the Pacific Invitational (9/20) ... Ran his season-best 8-kilometer time of 25:21.6 at the Highlander Invitational (10/19) ... Was Pepperdine's third finisher at the WCC Championships (11/2) ... Moved up to 13th on Pepperdine's all-time 10-kilometer leaderboards with his time of 31:52.6 at NCAA West Regionals (11/15).
PEPPERDINE TRACK 2024 (FR): Competed in 10 outdoor track meets as a true freshman … Specialized in the 5K but also ran distance events from the 800-meter dash up to the 5K … Ran the program’s 10th fastest 3K time at the Sunshine Indoor Open with a time of 8:40.54 (2/9) … Clocked a season-best 5K time of 14:49.58 at the Occidental Distance Carnival, which was the eighth-fastest time in program history (3/9) … Ran two season-best times in the 1,500 meters (4:16.19) and the mile (4:29.63) at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic (3/29-30).
PEPPERDINE XC 2023 (FR): Made an immediate impact as a true freshman by being a scoring runner for Pepperdine in five of the six races … Led Pepperdine at the LMU South Bay Twilight race with a time of 25:55.8 (9/1) … Was Pepperdine’s second runner at the Waves Invitational … Broke into Pepperdine’s top-20 8-kilometer leaderboard with a time of 24:58.3 at the Bronco Invitational (10/14) … Was Pepperdine’s second runner at the WCC Championships by covering the 8-kilometer course in 26:07.1 to place 28th (10/28) … Was Pepperdine’s fourth runner at the NCAA West Regionals with his 10-kilometer time of 32:23.7 (11/10).
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Homestead High School, located in Mequon, Wis., in 2023 … A four-year varsity athlete … Three-time North Shore Conference Cross Country All-Conference first team recipient … A part of the indoor 4x800m school record relay squad at Homestead HS … A part of the two-time Cross Country and Track North Shore Conference Championship squad … Has personal records of 2:02 in the 800 meters, 4:28 in the 1600 meters, 9:25 in the 3200 meters and 15:27 in the 5K.
PERSONAL: Born in Mequon, Wis. … Son of Gerald and Julie Silhol … Has one sister, Sophia … Dad played tennis at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee … Chose Pepperdine because of “the team and coaching culture that I felt I fit into well, and because of the great academic as well as religious environment. Pepperdine has also been my dream school since I first visited."
FAVORITES: Hobbies include listening to music, hanging out with friends, skating and snowboarding … Favorites include Mo Katir and Giannis Antetokounmpo (pro athletes), Butter Boys Track Club and Milwaukee Bucks (pro teams), Running for Beginners (book), SuperBad (movie), Breaking Bad (TV show), Destroy Lonely (musical artist), Sal’s Pizza (food) and baseball (sport other than running).
