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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

Silas Ruth

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rochester, N.Y.
  • Highschool World of Inquiry

Biography

ALL-TIME MARKS AND CAREER RECORDS

OUTDOOR 2025
  • Competed in four meets during the season
  • Finished 12th in the 3000m steeplechase at 9:24.44 at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (May 10-11)
  • Recorded a season-best time of 9:03.61 in the 3000m steeplechase at the Larry Ellis Invitational (May 2-3)
  • Ran a time of 8:43.00 in the 3000m at the Penn Challenge (Mar 22)
INDOOR 2025
  • Competed in four meets during the season
  • Placed seventh in the 3000m with a time of 8:47.22 at the Penn Opener (Dec. 7)
OUTDOOR 2024
  • Competed in six meets during the outdoor season 
  • Finished third in the 3000m steeplechase with 9:07.42 at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (May 10-12)
  • Finished fifth in the 3000m steeplechase with 9:03.64 at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (May 4-5)
  • Recorded a personal-best 8:59.53 in the 3000m steeplechase at the Penn Relays (Apr. 25-27)
  • Recorded a personal-best in the 1500m with 3:58.13 at the Penn Challenge (Mar. 23) 
INDOOR 2024
  • Competed in four meets during the outdoor season
  • Placed eighth in the mile with 4:15.71 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (Feb. 9-10)
  • Ran a personal-best in the mile with 4:14.07 at the Sykes & Sabcock Challenge (Feb. 3)
  • Ran a personal-best in the 3000m with 8:18.89 at the Boston University Terrier Classic (Jan. 26-27) 
OUTDOOR 2023
  • Competed in six meets during the outdoor season
  • Set a career best in the 2,000m steeplechase with 6:09.86 at the Big Five Meet (Apr. 1)
  • Set a career best in the 3,000m steeplechase with 9:16.78 at Penn Relays (Apr. 27-29)
  • Set a career best in the 5,000m with 15:01.77 at the Raleigh Relays (Mar. 23-25)
  • Competed in the Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championship (May 6-7)
INDOOR 2023
  • Competed in three meets during the indoor season
  • Set a career best in the 1000m with 2:31.59 at the Seahawk Shootout (Dec. 9), placed fourth
  • Set a career best in the Mile with 4:20.65 at the Wesley A. Brown Invitational (Jan. 20-21), placed eighth
  • Set a career best in the 3000m with 8:29.31 at the Scarlet Knight Open (Feb. 3-4), placed 11th
Personal: Son of Nissa Youngren & Nick Ruth … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences for Economics

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Distance
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Distance
  • 2024-25Senior

    Distance