IU swimmer Anna Peplowski is the third Hoosier to earn an Olympic medal in Paris, and the first female athlete.
The rising Indiana senior helped the United States women’s 4×200-meter freestyle team to a silver medal on Thursday afternoon.
Peplowski did not swim in the final but she’ll get a silver medal, as is customary for all swimmers on a relay team who participate in the preliminaries or finals.
The Illinois native clocked the second-fastest time earlier Thursday in the prelims to help position the U.S. in the finals.
Named IU’s female athlete of the year for 2023-24, 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.
Meanwhile, legendary IU swimmer Lilly King finished eighth in the 200-meter breaststroke final on Thursday, her final individual swim in the Olympic Games. She’s still expected swim in a medley relay on Saturday. King announced last month the Paris Games would be her last. She finished fourth in the 100-meter breaststroke final earlier this week.
Previously in Paris, former IU swimmer Blake Pieroni and incoming IU transfer swimmer Matt King each earned medals in relay events.
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