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2024-25 Men's Rowing Roster

Ed Lopas

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 196
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Little River, New Zealand
  • Highschool Christchurch Boys’ High School

Biography

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 13th 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…

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    6'1" 196 lbs
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    6'1" 196 lbs