Hokie Club2022 Outdoor: Won bronze in the 10,000m at the ACC Championships with a lifetime best of 28:53.34, No. 2 all-time at Virginia Tech and the fastest time by a Hokie since 1985 ... Finished fifth in the 5000m at the ACC Championships with his time of 13:40.38 to earn second team All-ACC and his second top-five finish at the meet ... Placed 18th in the 5000m at the NCAA East Prelim with a time of 13:51.77 ... Won the 1500m at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier with a lifetime best of 3:39.89, the fifth-fastest ever in Virginia Tech history ... Set a new PR of 13:38.22 in the 5000m at the Virginia Challenge to move into No. 2 all-time at Virginia Tech ... Won his season debut in the 1500m at the Tennessee Relays with a time of 3:45.40.
2022 Indoor: Placed sixth in the 3000m at the NCAA Championships with a time of 8:00.70 to earn first team All-America ... Recorded the highest ever finish in the men's 3000m for a Hokie at the NCAA Championships ... Won gold as the anchor on the distance medley relay at the ACC Championships with a time of 9:35.00 ... Finished as runner up in the 3000m at the ACC Championships with his time of 7:50.42 ... Ran on the distance medley relay team that won the JDL DMR Invitational with a JDL FastTrack facility record of 9:32.96 ... Won the mile with a school record 3:56.79 at the Darius Dixon Memorial ... Finished as the first collegian in the 3000m at the Camel City Invite with a school record time of 7:49.03 ... Placed second in the 1000m at the Hokie Invitational with a lifetime best of 2:20.73, ranked No. 2 all-time at Virginia Tech.
2021 Outdoor: Posted a personal best in the 1,500m of 3:46.76 at the NCAA East Prelims ... At the ACC Championships finished 16th with a time of 14:02.15 in the 5,000m ... Delivered a time of 3:48.62 in the 1500m at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier to take 10th ... Secured an outdoor best in the mile at the Virginia Grand Prix with a time of 4:01.26.
2021 Indoor: Finished ninth in the 3,000m at the NCAA Championships with a personal best time of 7:55.87, the fourth-fastest in Tech history ... Won gold in the 5,000m at the ACC Championships with a time of 13:49.86, third fastest ever by a Hokie ... Also at the ACC Championships finished sixth in the 3,000m with a time of 8:05.72 ... Ran as part of the DMR team that finished second at the Camel City Invite with a time of 9:38.48 ... Won the 3,000m in 7:56.29 at the Tiger Paw Invite ... Broke the four-minute barrier in the mile with a time of 3:59.60 to finish fifth at the Doc Hale Elite Meet ... Set a PR in the 1,000m at the Hokie Invitational with a time of 2:23.61.
2020 Indoor: Won bronze in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:06.43 at the ACC Championships … Finished seventh with a personal best time of 4:03.07 in the mile at the Iowa State Classic … Won the 3,000 meters at the Camel City Invitational, finishing with a time of 8:09.24.
2019 Outdoor: Competed in the 1,500-meter event at the ACC Championships and ran the preliminary race in a time of 3:55.73 … Also competed in the 5,000, finishing with a time of 14:40.18 … Was second in the 1,500 at the Liberty Twilight qualifier with a personal-best time of 3:49.14 … Came in fourth in the 1,500 at the Duke Invitational with a time of 3:51.19 … Ran the 1,500 at the Tennessee Relays in a time of 3:52.16 … Ran the 5,000 at the Raleigh Relays in a time of 14:28.31.
2019 Indoor: Competed in the mile at the ACC Indoor Championships and ran the distance in a time of 4:10.52 … Was part of the DMR team that came in sixth at the JDL DMR Invitational with a time of 9:37.98 — the 10th-fastest time in school history … Ran the mile at the Iowa State Classic in a personal-best time of 4:07.23 … Won the mile while running unattached at the Doc Hale Elite Meet, finishing with a time of 4:08.78 … Ran unattached in the 800 at the Doc Hale Elite Meet and registered a time of 1:54.95 … Ran unattached in the 1,000 at the Hokie Invitational and came in fourth with a time of 2:26.53.
High school: Came in 11th at the world high school cross country championships held in Paris the fall of 2018 … Finished in second place in the 1,500 at the sub-20 indoor Spanish Championships in 2018 … A first-team All-Met selection in indoor track by The Washington Post in 2017 … Placed second in the 1,600 at the Class 6A state indoor meet in 2017 … Placed ninth at the Class 6A state cross country meet in 2016 … Came to the U.S. as a foreign exchange student in 2016-17 and won the 3,200 at the Class 6A state outdoor meet that year for Colgan High School.
Personal: Enrolled at Virginia Tech in January, 2019 … Born April 15, 2000 in Sabadell, Spain … Son of Ama Maria Segura Gomez and Juan Lopez … Has an older brother … Major is general engineering.
Lopez Segura's Track and Field Career Bests
IndoorOutdoor
800m – 1:54.95, Doc Hale Elite Meet (2019)
1000m – 2:20.73, Hokie Invitational (2022)
Mile – 3:56.79, Darius Dixon Memorial (2022)
3000m – 7:49.03, Camel City Invitational (2022)
5000m – 13:49.86, ACC Championships (2021)
italics = unattached
1500m — 3:39.89, Liberty Twilight Qualifier (2022)
Mile – 4:01.26, Virginia Grand Prix (2021)
5000m – 13:38.22, Virginia Challenge (2022)
10,000m – 28:53.34, ACC Championships (2022)