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Cathy Cooper Season 2018-19

EventsFREE
Height5-7
ClassFreshman
HometownFort Lauderdale, Fla.
Exp.HS

bio updated Sept. 22, 2021

Honors & Awards

  • 2019, 2020, 2021 Academic All-Mountain West Honors

  • SDSU Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2020, Fall 2020)

2020-21: Competed at the Fresno State Invite in the 50 free, 100 free, 100 fly, while swimming legs of the Aztecs’ C 200 and 400 freestyle relays … Earned a ninth-place finish in the 50 free and 11th-place finishes in the 100 freestyle and butterfly. 

2019-20: Opened the season with career-best performances in the 100 breast (1:18.47) and 100 IM (1:06.86) at USD (Sept. 13) … Season-best 50 free performance of 24.28 earned her third place in the Aztecs’ double-dual against Boise State and Pepperdine (Oct. 18), placing third … Saw a personal-best swim of 1:00.05 in the prelims of the 100 fly at the Mizzou Invitational (Nov. 20-22), placing 41st overall ... Registered a bronze-medal performance in the 50 free in SDSU’s season-finale against USD (Jan. 24).

2018-19: Started her SDSU swim and dive career at the Aztecs' annual pentathlon with USD, placing 25th in the 100 Free, 32nd in the 100 breast and 34th in the 100 IM ... Earned a ninth-place finish in the 50 free at the Chik Fil A Invite ... Followed her ninth-place finish with a bronze medal effort in the 50 free at the Aztecs meet with UC Davis and UC San Diego ... Totaled two top-30 finishes at the prestigious Mizzou Invitational ... Recorded career-best swims of 23.08 in the 50 Free, 51.04 in the 100 Free, and 1:55.73 in the 200 Free in her first appearance at the 2019 Mountain West Championships. 

Collegiate Career-Bests 

50 Free

23.08 (MWC Time Trials, Feb. 20, 2019)

100 Free

51.04 (MWC Time Trials, Feb. 23, 2019)

200 Free

1:55.73 (at 2019 MW Championships, Feb. 22, 2019)

100 Fly

1:00.05 (at Mizzou Invite, Nov. 20, 2019)


HIGH SCHOOL
2018 graduate of American Heritage School in Plantation, Florida… Coached there by Nobutaka Tan… Named to all-state team and earned team MVP honors all four years in high school… Florida state champion in the 50 free in back-to-back seasons… Won Florida state championship as a junior in the 100 free… Competed for club teams including Swim Fort Lauderdale and Coral Springs Swim Club.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Carlos and Thania… Psychology major at SDSU.