Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics

2013 Season • Redshirt Senior
Outdoor – Finished in the top five in 10 of 14 events, including five first place finishes, two second place finishes, two third place finishes, and one fifth place finish … Placed 19^th in the NCAA Quarterfinals of the 800-meter run with a time of 1:50.91 (5/24) … Finished in third in his heat and 17^th overall in the NCAA West Preliminary Opening Round of the 800-meter run with a tie of 1:50.23 to advance to the quarterfinals (5/23) … Won the Great West Conference Championship in the 800-meter-run with a time of 1:50.91 while taking silver in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:06.78 (5/5) … Helped Distance Medley Relay team to 11^th place finish at Penn Relays with time of 9:56.21 (4/27) … Took third in the 800-meter run at the Beach Invitational with a time of 1:50.72 (4/20) … Placed 22^nd in the 800-meter run at the Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 1:51.47 (4/19) … Named UTPA Male Athlete of the Year (4/14) … Won the 1,500-meter run at the Javelina Twilight Open with a time of 4:06.36 (4/13) … Finished second in the 800-meter run at the Texas State Invitational with a career-best time of 1:49.80 (4/6) … Came in fifth in the 1,500-meter run at the Texas Relays with a season-best time of 3:54.62 (3/28) while helping the DMR team to program record performance of 9:54.29, good for third place (3/29), Great West Conference Athlete of the Week honors (4/5) and UTPA Performance of the Year honors (4/14) … Won 800-meter run at Victor Lopez Classic with time of 1:50.18 (3/23) … Opened season with victory in 800-meter run with time of 1:50.18 at the Cactus Cup (3/16).

2012 Season • Senior/Redshirt Junior
Indoor – Competed in three meets … Won Great West Conference Championship in 800-meter run with a time of 1:55.15 … Won 800-meter run at McNeese Jeff Davis Bank Indoor Invite II with time of 1:56.85 … Helped DMR team to fourth place finish at Texas Tech Indoor Open #2 with time of 10:45.81.
 
Outdoor – Competed in nine meets … Finished 35^th in 800-meter run at NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round with time of 1:51.95 … Came in second in 800-meter run at Great West Conference Championships with time of 1:51.06 … Won 800-meter run at Texas State Bobcat Classic with time of 1:51.64 … Broke the program record in the 800-meter run by winning his heat and finishing 17^th overall at the 54^th Annual Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 1:50.06 … Won 800-meter run at Trinity Alumni Classic with time of 1:52.18 … Helped break program record in DMR with time of 9:55.00 to finish 11^th at Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … Finished second in 800-meter run at Victor Lopez Classic with time of 1:50.68 … Took second in 1,500-meter run at Cactus Cup with time of 3:59.26.
 
2011 Season • Junior
Indoor - Competed in three meets during his junior indoor campaign … was part of the third-place Distance Medley Relay that ran a time of 10:20.94 … won the UH All-Comers’ mile run crossing the finish line at 4:17.31 …  was part of the three-peat winning DMR at the Great West Conference Indoor Championship … ran a 1:53.90 in the 800-meter run for a second-place finish in the conference … got ninth in the conference in the mile run with a time of 4:19.19.
 
Outdoor – Redshirted the outdoor season.
 
2010 Season • Sophomore
Indoor – Improved his time in the one-mile run with a time of 4:22.46 and the 800-meter run with a time of 1:59.13 … had two top 10 finishes, placing fifth in the one-mile run at the UH All-Comers Meet and eighth in the 800-meter run at the Great West Conference Indoor Championships … was a part of the Distance Medley Relay team that won first place at the GWC Indoor Championships with a time of 10:12.58.
 
Outdoor – Had three top five finishes and four top 10 finishes … placed second in the 800-meter run at the Cactus Cup and sixth in the same event at the Rice Twilight meet with a time of 1:53.09 … placed third in the 800-meters and 1,500-meters with times of 1:51 and 3:54.36 respectively at the Great West Conference Outdoor Championships ... the time of 1:51 was the third best time in school history and his personal best.
 
2009 Season • Freshman
Indoor – Ran in all four meets … best performances came at the Great West Conference Indoor Championships, where he posted his best time in the 800-meter run with a 2:00.52 and in the one-mile run with a time of 4:23.60 … earned two top 10 finishes … placed third at the GWC Indoor Championships in the 800m run with a time of 4:23.60 …crossed the finish line in eighth at the UH All-Comers Meet in the one-mile run with a time of 4:29.13.
 
Outdoor – Saw action in six meets during the outdoor season … earned three top-five finishes and three top 10 finishes … placed third in the 800m run at the Great West Conference Outdoor Championships with a time of 1:56.02 … earned a fourth place finish in the 1,500-meter run at the Cactus Cup as he crossed the finish line in a time of 4:10.36 … at the same meet, placed fifth in the 800m run with a time of 1:56.65 … ran his best outdoor time in the 800M run at the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships as he clocked a time of 1:55.95 for an eighth place finish … posted a career-best in the 1,500m run at the Great West Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 4:03.11 for a ninth place finish … earned Dean’s List Second Honors and Bronc Pride 3.0 Club honors.
 
Nikki Rowe High School
Four-year letterman in both track and field and cross country … voted track and field and cross country MVP in 2007 and 2008 … received All-District accolades in track and field and cross country in 2008 … ran the 1,500-meter run in 4:15.0 … ran the 800-meter run in 1:57.0.
 
Off the Track
Son of Roel and Laura Lopez … born May 19, 1990 … has two brothers, Sam and Steven … has two sisters, Aly and Terry …majoring in criminal justice.