Emory University junior Gui Silva won the 400-meter dash with a top-ten time by a Division III athlete this season at the Emory Classic last weekend. Silva won the event with a time of 48.41 seconds, the sixth-fastest in Division III this season and the fastest by a University Athletic Association (UAA) competitor this year. It was also a personal record in the event for Silva, marking a .82-second improvement on his previous career-best time. He added a sixth-place finish in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.89 seconds, the fifth-fastest in the UAA this season, and helped the 4x100-meter relay team to a fourth-place finish in a time of 43.71 seconds. Silva contributed 14.25 points towards the team total, helping the Eagles finish second out of 14 teams at the meet.
Gui Silva
Posted: Mar 31, 2014