NORTHRIDGE - 2011
Cesar Lopez finished 28th in the 5,000 meters at the Big West Championships ... ran 15:54.59 in the final ... clocked a season-best of 15:49.54 to place 21st at the Asics/Steve Scott Invitational ... clocked a season-best 33:29.76 in the 10,000 meters at the Cal-Nevada Championships and a season-best of 9:11.33 in the 3,000 meters at the Northridge Invitational ... redshirted the indoor season.

MOORPARK COLLEGE
Lopez spent two seasons at Moorpark College in Moorpark, Calif. ... earned first team All-Western State Conference honors in cross country in 2009 ... the Raiders won won a conference track & field championship in 2009 ... earned his Associate of Arts degree in 2010.

HUENEME HIGH SCHOOL
Competed in track, cross country and soccer at Hueneme High School in Oxnard, Calif. ... earned All-Pacific View League honors in cross country in 2006 ... was also a midfielder for the Vikings soccer team ... graduated in 2007 with a 3.66 grade point average.

PERSONAL
Born March 27, 1990 ... parents are Luz Margarita and Encarnacion Lopez ... favorites include the TV show "Two and a Half Men", the movie "When People Are Strange", Italian food and the music of The Doors ... says the best thing about being an athlete is "you stay fit" and the toughest thing is "too much work" ... couldn't imagine going a week without his shampoo ... major is Mechanical Engineering.