BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced its winners of the IU Athlete of the Year award for the 2023-24 school year on Wednesday (July 17), recognizing two athletes from the Indiana swimming and diving program.
Juniors Carson Tyler and Anna Peplowski led the men’s and women’s programs to Big Ten Championships and elite national finishes and combined for 10 All-America performances at the NCAA Championships. Both will represent Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Tyler is the first U.S. male diver since 2000 to qualify for the Olympics in both the 3-meter and 10-meter individual events in diving after winning the platform event and finishing second on the springboard at U.S. Olympic Trials in June.
Tyler had one of the most successful individual diving seasons in NCAA history, winning NCAA and conference championships on the both the 3-meter springboard and platform as well as medals on the 1-meter board at each level. His 56 points earned at the NCAA Championships outscored every other diving team. He was named the CSCAA Diver of the Year, Big Ten Diver of the Year and Big Ten Diver of the Championships.
Peplowski’s fifth-place finish in the 200-meter freestyle at U.S. Olympic Trials earned her a spot on Team USA’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay, using the momentum of a career-best year at the collegiate level.
The freestyle specialist is now a school record holder in six short course events following her junior season in which she medaled in two events and totaled seven All-America honors at the NCAA Championships. Peplowski highlighted her NCAA program with a silver medal in the 200-yard freestyle and bronze in the 500 free.
Peplowski led the IU women to their first Big Ten Championship since 2019, finishing runner-up or better in six events – including four individual or relay conference titles. The junior led off IU’s dramatic 400-yard freestyle relay result that clinched the Big Ten team title by one-half of a point.
