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2024 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Noel Lopez

  • Position Distance
  • Ht./Wt. - /
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rocky Ford, Colo.
  • High School Rocky Ford

Biography

  • 2023-24 All-RMAC second team (indoor track & field, 5,000 meters)
  • 2023 USTFCCCA All-South Central Region (cross country)
  • 2023 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, Feb. 13
  • 2022-23 All-RMAC second team (indoor track & field, 5,000 meters)
  • 2022 All-RMAC second team (cross country)
College Bests
INDOOR             OUTDOOR                 XC             
Mile 4:24.76 1500 4:23.11
3000 8:39.53
5000 14:18.36 5000 14:51.12 8K 24:34.8
10,000 30:24.94 10K 30:47.0

Career: Entering the 2024-25 academic year, school record holder in the indoor 5,000 meters (14 minutes, 18.36 seconds). Outdoors, ranked fourth individually in program history in the 10,000 (30:24.94) and seventh in the 5,000 (14:51.12). ... Overall he had run the top two indoor 5,000 times in program history, as well as three of the top five, while his top 3,000 time ranked eighth. ... Outdoors, his 10,000 time was fifth-fastest ever run at MSU Denver.

2024 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2023-24 Indoor: At the RMAC Championships on Feb. 23, finished sixth in the 5000 in 14 minutes, 32.67 seconds. With the conversion for altitude and track size to 14:09.82, his time was a provisional qualifier for the NCAA Championships and ranked 12 in individually in the RMAC and 27th in Division II at season's end. ... Competed at the prestigious Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational in Boston on Feb. 3, finishing third in his division in the 5000 in 14:22.01. ... At the Jan. 20 UCCS Invitational, finished third in the mile (4:27.05) and third in the 3000 (9:02.29). ... Ran a personal-best 3000 of 8:39.53 on Jan. 13 at the Potts Invitational, putting him sixth individually and eighth overall in program history. With the conversion for altitude and track size to 8:25.13, he ranked 35th in the RMAC on the final performance list.

2023 Cross Country: Along with teammate JJ Ramey, became the first MSU Denver qualifiers for the NCAA Cross Country Championships since 2015. ... He was 91st at the Nov. 18 National Championships, running 10 kilometers in 31 minutes, 2.9 seconds. ... Qualified for Nationals as an at-large entry following his 22nd-place finish at the Nov. 4 South Central Regional, where he ran 10K in 30:46.96, a school record for cross country. ... Placed 32nd at the Oct. 21 RMAC Championships, running 8K in 25:24.1. ... Ran an 8K personal best of 24:34.8 for 10th place at the Oct. 7 Chargers Invitational. ... Seventh at the Sept. 16 Roadrunners Invitational after running 8K in 25:17.6, the fastest time ever run by an MSU Denver competitor in the event. ... Placed seventh at the season-opening Sept. 2 UCCS Rust Buster, running 8K in 25:48.5.

2023 Outdoor: Ranked 79th nationally in the 10,000 meters at 30 minutes, 24.94 seconds. ... Placed seventh in the 10,000 meters at the RMAC Championships on April 28 with a time of 32 minutes, 25.47 seconds. ... Ran a personal-best 10,000 of 30:24.94 at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 14, hitting a provisional qualifying mark for Outdoor Nationals while running the fifth-best time in the event in program history and moving into fourth place individually in program history. ... Finished fourth in the 5,000 in 15:16.36 at the Spank Blasing Invitational on March 25.

2022-23 Indoor: Ranked 32nd nationally in the 5,000 meters at 14 minutes, 18.36 seconds. ... Finished second in the 5,000 meters at the RMAC Championships on Feb. 24 with a time of 15 minutes, 18.05 seconds. He was seeded sixth for the event. ... Smashed the school record in the 5,000 at the prestigious David Hemery Valentine Invitational on Feb. 11, running 14:18.36 to break Brandon Johnson's 12-year-old school record by nearly six seconds. His sea-level time was a provisional qualifying mark that was 43 seconds better than his previous best. ... Second in the 5,000 at the Mountain Lion Open on Jan. 28 with a 15:14.55 clocking. ... Turned in a personal-best mile time of 4:24.76 for third place and was second in the 3,000 in 9:07.86 at the UCCS Invitational on Jan. 21. ... Ran a personal-best 3,000 of 8:47.77 to finish 14th at the Potts Invitational on Jan. 14.

2022 Cross Country: MSU Denver's first or second finisher in all five of his races. ... At the South Central Regional Championships on Nov. 19, placed 34th after running 10K in 32 minutes, 15.4 seconds. ... Finished 16th at the RMAC Championships on Nov. 5, running 8K in 25:25.7. ... Turned in his best-ever 8K cross country time of 24:50.6 for 15th place at the Trojan Invitational on Oct. 15. ... Ran first or second most of the race and finished a strong 11th at the Roadrunners Invitational on Sept. 17, running the 7.8 K course in 24:22.5. ... Opened the season with a 15th-place finish at the UCCS Rust Buster, running 8K in 26:17.6.

2022 Outdoor: Finished ninth in the 10,000 meters at the RMAC Championships on April 29 with a time of 31 minutes, 49.73 seconds, making him MSU Denver's sixth-fastest individual ever in the event. His time was ninth among any Roadrunner to have run the 10,000. ... Became the sixth-fastest MSU Denver competitor all-time in the 5,000 with a 14:51.12 clocking for 44th place at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 13. That time as the 10th fastest by any Roadrunners competitor in the event. ... Ran the 10,000 in 32:23.48 to place fourth in his season debut at the Spank Blasing Invitational on March 25.

2021-22 Indoor: Placed 13th in the 5,000 meters at the RMAC Championships on Feb. 24 in 16:07.68. ... Finished third in the 5000 at the Mines Twilight on Feb. 18, clocking 15:34.40. ... Ran the 5000 in 15:11.28 at the GVSU Big Meet (Friday) on Feb. 11, good for 21st place. ... Opened the season Jan. 28 at the Mountain Lion Open and placed third in the 5000 in 15:53.27.

2021 Cross Country: Placed 52nd at the South Central Regional on Nov. 6, with a 10-kilometer time of 31 minutes, 59.3 seconds. ... Finished 26th at the RMAC Championships on Oct 23, covering 8K in 26:07.7. ... Ran a personal-best 8K time of 25:05.5 to finish 53rd at the Alabama-Huntsville Invitational on Oct. 9. ... Finished 43rd at the Roadrunners Invitational, running 8K in 26:49.3.

2021 Outdoor: At the RMAC Championships from April 30 through May 2, finished 17th in both the 5000 (15:51.33) and 10,000 (33:16.88). ... Finished fourth in the 5000 (15:34.02) at the Mines Pre-Conference Invitational. ... Won the 10,000 in a personal-best 32:24.74 at the Kit Mayer Classic on April 18. ... Placed eighth in the 5000 at the Maverick Multi & Open on April 10 in 15:21.64. ... Made his outdoor debut at the Spank Blasing Open on March 26 and 27, running the 1500 in 4:23.11 for 54th place, and earning 20th in the 5000 in 15:32.68.

2020-21 Indoor: Finished the 5000 meters in a personal-best 15 minutes, 1.59 seconds at the Ichabod Invitational, placing 12th. ... Ran a personal-best indoor 3000 time of 9:19.23 to finish eighth at the Grizzly Invitational. ... Finished fifth in the 3000 in a triangular at Western Colorado on Jan. 30 with a time of 9:19.69. ... Won the 5000 in his MSU Denver debut on Dec. 11 in a dual against UCCS, crossing the line in 16:22.3.

2020 Cross Country: At the RMAC Championships on Oct. 24, ran eight kilometers in 27 minutes, 16.1 seconds to place 61st. ... Ran a career-best 8K time of 26:15.7 to place 27th at the Maverick Invitational on Oct. 10. ... Made his MSU Denver debut at the UCCS Open on Sept. 18 and placed 34th with an 8K time of 28:41.3.

High School: Placed second in the Class 1A/2A State Championships in cross country as a senior in 2019, running 5,000 meters in 16 minutes, 29.2 seconds. He previously finished sixth at state in 2018 (17:13.4) and 29th in 2017 (18:00.9). ... Class 2A Region 3 Championships winner as a senior with a time of 16:21.5 after finishing second in the event as a junior (16:32.2) and third as a sophomore (18:03.0). ... As a senior, ran sixth at the Salida Classic on Sept. 28, 11th at the Joe Vigil Invitational on Sept. 7, won the Rocky Ford Invitational on Aug. 30 with a personal-best 16:03.3 and was second at the Cheyenne Mountain Stampede on Aug. 23. ... Besides his postseason accolades as a junior, also finished fourth at the Eric Wolff Invitational on Oct. 12, third at the Rocky Ford Invitational on Aug. 31, and won the Cheyenne Mountain Invitational on Aug. 24 in 17:51.3. ... As a sophomore, results included 10th-place finish at the Rocky Ford Invitational on Sept. 2 and seventh-place result at the Cheyenne Mountain Stampede on Aug. 25.

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