Jordan Anthony (sprinter)

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Jordan Anthony
Personal information
Born (2004-06-29) 29 June 2004 (age 21)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60 m:: 6.47 s (Virginia Beach, 2025)
100 m: 9.95 s(9.75W s) (Lexington, 2025)
200m: 19.93 s (Lexington, 2025)

Jordan Anthony (born 29 June 2004) is an American sprinter. He won the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships over 60 metres and the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships over 100 metres. [1]

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Early life

He is from Tylertown, Mississippi. He attended Tylertown High School. [2] He started at the University of Kentucky in 2022, and was a dual-athlete, taking part in track and field as a sprinter and American football as a wide receiver. [3] He later transferred to the University of Arkansas and continued to compete in both sports. [4]

Career

At the University of Kentucky he suffered a fractured hip in 2021 and missed half of the football season, prior to making a return to fitness and competing on the track, where he ran 6.70 seconds for the 60 metres in February 2022. [5] He won the under-20 200 metres dash title in 20.34 seconds at the USA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2022. [3]

After transferring to the University of Arkansas, he won the SEC Championship over 60 metres in February 2025. [6] He won the 60 metres 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach in March 2025. [7] On April 19, he broke the 10 second barrier for the 100 metres for the first time, running a time of 9.98 seconds (+1.2 m/s) at the Mt. SAC Relays in California. [8] [9]

He won both the 100 metres and 200 metres races at the SEC Championships in May 2025, running 9.95 seconds for the 100m and 19.93 seconds for the 200m. [10] In June 2025, he won the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships 100 metres title in Eugene, Oregon, running from the outside lane and dipping to win by 0.03 seconds from Max Thomas of USC and LSU's Jelani Watkins. He also had a fourth place finish in the 200m with a time of 20.01 seconds. Following the championships, he announced on his social media platform that he would forego the rest of his collegiate availability to turn professional. [11] [12] [13]

References

  1. "Jordan Anthony". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  2. Tysiac, Ashley (Mar 31, 2022). "The Next Erriyon? This Sprinter From Mississippi Is Driven". Milesplit. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  3. 1 2 Vaught, Larry (July 4, 2022). "Speedy Jordan Anthony set on succeeding in football and track at UK". Marshall County Daily. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  4. "Arkansas WR Jordan Anthony Makes History During Offseason". Athlonsports. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  5. "UK receiver signee Jordan Anthony has elite speed". yoursportsedge. February 13, 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  6. Long, Christina (15 March 2025). "Anthony shines in the 60 meters". Nwaomline.com. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  7. Jacks, Bradley (15 March 2025). "Northern Colorado's Jerome Campbell produces personal best 7.49 for silver in men's 60m hurdles at NCAA Indoor Championships". SportsMax. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  8. "JORDAN ANTHONY 1ST PLACE MEN'S ELITE 100M - MT. SAC RELAYS 2025". Runnerspace. 20 April 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  9. "65th Annual Mt. SAC Relays "Where the world's best athletes compete" Hilmer Lodge Stadium - 4/16/2025 to 4/19/2025 Results" (PDF). www.rtspt.com.
  10. Woods, David (18 May 2025). "JAMEESIA FORD, JORDAN ANTHONY RUN BLAZING DOUBLES; GEORGIA WOMEN, ARKANSAS MEN WIN SEC TITLES". Runnerspace. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  11. Nelson, Matt (13 June 2025). "Tapiwanashe Makarawu speeds to shocking victory at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships". Olympics.com. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  12. "Nathaniel, Makarawu and Mullings shine at NCAA Championships". World Athletics. 14 June 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  13. Henderson, Emma (14 June 2025). "Jordan Anthony Announced He's Going Pro Following NCAA Men's 100m Win". flotrack. Retrieved 15 June 2025.