Kat Lopez

Kat Lopez

  • Award
    Rookie
  • Week Of
    10/29/2018
  • Sport
    Women's Swimming & Diving
  • School
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
    Breaststroke/Individual Medley
  • Hometown
    Pasadena, Calif.
  • High School
    Mayfield Senior School
In a six-point win at Ithaca (153-147), RPI first-year swimmer Kat Lopez won each of the three individual events she entered and helped a relay team to a third-place spot. Lopez won the 100 breaststroke in 1:09.96 and the 200 breaststroke in 2:32.24, which was more than three seconds ahead of the runner up (2:35.54). She then captured the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:16.44, besting the second place finisher by almost two seconds (2:18.13). In the 200 medley relay, Lopez swam the second leg on the third place team, which touched the wall in 1:55.39.