Northeastern University Athletics

2025-26
• Named team co-captain for 2025-26
• Rowed in the five seat of the first varsity, which finished second in the Smith Cup against No. 4 Harvard at 5:31.145 (Apr. 28)
• Was the five seat for the first varsity’s win over No. 12 Boston University (Apr. 4) to capture the Arlett Cup (5:50.699)
• Rowed in the five seat of the first varsity, which finished fifth (5:56.05) against No. 1 Washington, No. 2 Harvard, No. 6 Brown, No. 8 Stanford and No. 10 Yale at the Sarasota 2K (Mar. 28)
• Was in the seven seat for the first varsity’s win over No. 6 Brown (Mar. 27) to capture the Dreissigacker Cup (5:42.04)
• Rowed in the five seat of the first varsity in a win at No. 11 Penn (Mar. 21) to win the Burk Cup at 5:48.57

2024-25:

• IRCA All-American Honorable Mention 
• Raced in First Varsity 8 in Burk Cup in the bow seat 
• Raced in First Varsity 8 at IRA Invitational in bow seat 
• Raced in First Varsity 8 against Brown, Yale, Harvard, Washington in bow seat 
• Raced in First Varsity 8 in Arlett Cup in bow seat 
• Raced in First Varsity 8 in Dreissigacker Cup in bow seat 
• Raced in First Varsity 8 in Smith Cup in the bow seat
• Raced in First Varsity 8 Against Dartmouth in the bow seat
• Raced in First Varsity 8 in the EARC in the third seat 

2023-24:

• Sat in the three seat in the first varsity eight that won its sixth-straight Burk Cup over UPenn, crossing the line ahead of the Quakers at 6:09.45 (3/23)
• Sat in the three seat in the second varsity eight that had a thrilling fourth-place finish at the IRA Invitational, crossing the line at 5:40.41, just over a second behind Yale (5:39.17), and ahead of Harvard (5:41.18) (3/30)
• Sat in the four seat in the second varsity eight that beat BU, taking down the Terriers by nearly a length at 6:00.1 (4/6)
• As four seat in the second varsity eight, took down Brown, knocking off the Bears by .7 seconds with a time of 6:18.7 (4/13)
• Sat in the four seat in the second varsity eight that crossed the line at 6:11.9 against Harvard (4/24)
• Sat in the three seat in the second varsity eight that finished sixth in the grand final at Eastern Sprints, crossing the line at 5:47.066 (5/19)
• Sat in the three seat in the second varsity eight that had a fifth place finish in the petite finals at the IRA Championships, crossing the line at 5:55.222 (6/2)

Before NU: Represented New Zealand in Bulgaria racing in the U23 World Championships, placing 13^th in the quadruple sculls…Made U19, U21, U23 New Zealand rowing teams…
 
Personal: Son of Anna and Jason Lopas…Has a sister named Tessa and brothers named Jack, Angus and Ben…
 
Why NU: Campus setup…athletics facilities…academic support for athletes…