Silan Ayyildiz

Academic Highlights

2023 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll

Season and Career Results
2023-24
Cross Country
Appeared in two cross country meets during her sophomore season, beginning with the 2023 SEC Championship where she finished seventh overall with a time of 19:56.2 … Her time of 19:56.2 is the second fastest 6K time in program history … She landed a spot on the First Team All-SEC as well as the SEC All-Freshman squad after recording just the fourth Top-10 individual finish in Gamecock history at the SEC Championship … Two weeks later she finished 11^th at the NCAA Southeast Regional, running 20:05.1 to earn a spot on the All-Region team, just missing out on earning a spot at the NCAA Championship.

2022-23
Indoor
Turned in a dominating first indoor season with the Gamecocks, appearing in five total meets and running the 800m, mile and 3000m … Earned Second Team All-American at the NCAA Indoor Championship in the mile, running 4:43.65 to finish 14^th overall … Earned Second Team All-SEC after finishing runner-up in the SEC Indoor Championship in the mile, running a collegiate best 4:32.14 for the fastest indoor mile in Gamecock history … Also finished fourth at the SEC Indoor Championship in the 3K, running 9:17.06 … Set a program record in the 3K earlier in the season, running 9:10.54 at the USC Indoor Open to win the event with a new personal best … Began her Gamecock career in the South Carolina Invitational, winning both the 800m and the mile … Ran the 800m in 2:06.41 for a new PR and the third fastest indoor 800m in Gamecock history, while clocking 4:36.33 to win the mile … Named SEC Women’s Freshman Runner of the Week for her performance at the South Carolina Invitational.

Outdoor
Took part in five outdoor meets during her first season as a Gamecock, leaving her mark yet again after competing in the 800m, 1500m, 4x800m relay and the distance medley relay … Earned Honorable Mention All-American honors for the outdoor season, finishing 24^th overall at the NCAA Championship in the 1500m … Advanced to the NCAA Championship after finishing runner up in the NCAA East Regional with a PR time of 4:12.11 to set a new program record for the 1500m … Etched her name into SEC history with a win and First Team All-SEC honoree in the SEC Outdoor 1500m championship, running 4:17.67 to become the first female Gamecock to win the 1500m crown at the SEC Championship … Ran a personal best 2:07.15 in the 800m at the Florida Relays, the fourth fastest outdoor 800m in Gamecock history … Was a member of two separate relay teams at the Penn Relays that set program records … Finished first in the DMR at the Penn Relays as the anchor leg, running a program-record time of 11:19.09 … Was also the anchor leg on the 4x800m team at Penn Relays that set a program record after clocking 8:40.20 to finish eighth.

Cross Country
Did not compete.

Pre- South Carolina
High School
Competed in the 800m and the 1500m at her school Ataturk Cagdas Yasam Anatolian in Istanbul, Turkey … Ran the 800m in 2:09, setting a school record … Also set a school record in the 1500m with a time of 4:26.9 … Also competed in the World Athletics Championship in the 1500-meter with a time of 4:12.67 and she has also boasted a 10k PR time of 33:12 … Is a three-time Turkey champion and four-time Balkan Champion … Competed in the ISF 800m in France.

Personal
Born to her parents Ihsan and Sazide Ayyildiz … Has two siblings, Recep and Dilan … Majoring in Sport Management … Had scholarship offers from Utah Valley, Alabama, Mississippi State and George Washington.

Personal Records
Indoor

Outdoor

Cross Country