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Athletes of the Week

Sila, Baraka

Baraka Sila

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    10/18/2023
  • Sport
    Men's Cross Country
  • Bio
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Junior Baraka Sila is the UMBC Athlete of the Week after he was the first Retriever to cross the finish line for the third consecutive meet. He finished in 77th place in a time of 25:12.7, thirty seconds faster than his 8k mark two weeks ago at Paul Short. Sila came from off the pace in this race, as he passed 55 runners over the final 5.1k of the competition.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
1/17/2023 Makaela Hill Women's Swimming and Diving
1/17/2023 Shavar Staats Men's Track and Field
1/12/2023 Kiara Bell Women's Basketball
1/12/2023 Jacob Boonyasith Men's Basketball
1/4/2023 KK White Women's Basketball
1/4/2023 Tra'Von Fagan Men's Basketball
12/21/2022 Nia Staples Women's Basketball
12/21/2022 Dion Brown Men's Basketball
12/14/2022 Laycee Drake Women's Basketball
12/14/2022 Tra'Von Fagan Men's Basketball
12/7/2022 Caitlyn Bobb Women's Track and Field
12/7/2022 Oliver Gassmann Men's Swimming and Diving
11/22/2022 Mila Ilieva Women's Volleyball
11/22/2022 Matteo Picarelli Men's Basketball
11/2/2022 Emmy Beyer Women's Cross Country
11/2/2022 Cameron Hindle Men's Cross Country
10/26/2022 Nyah Stahl Women's Swimming and Diving
10/26/2022 Bode Neale Men's Swimming and Diving
10/19/2022 Alicia Buteau Women's Swimming and Diving
10/19/2022 Tiago Asakawa Men's Swimming and Diving
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