Jordan Anthony named semifinalist for 2025 Bowerman
FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas sprinter Jordan Anthony is among 10 semifinalists named for the 2025 Bowerman and becomes the eighth semifinalist from the Razorback men’s program.
Previous Arkansas men’s semifinalist include Omar McLeod (2015), Jarrion Lawson (2016), Ayden Owens-Delerme (2022), Jaydon Hibbert (2023), Carey McLeod (2023), Romaine Beckford (2024), and Wayne Pinnock (2024).
In a season that included sweeping NCAA titles in the 60m indoors and 100m outdoors, Anthony set UA school records in both events with times of 6.47 and 9.95. It was the first time since Christian Coleman of Tennessee in 2017 that the NCAA 60m and 100m titles were won by the same sprinter.
Anthony was the lone sprinter to reach the NCAA Indoor 60m, NCAA Outdoor 100m and 200m finals this season.
During the NCAA West First Round in College Station, Texas, Anthony sped to a time of 9.75 with a 2.1 aiding wind. For the 2025 season it’s the world leader under all-conditions. All-time it ranks =No. 9 world, =No. 3 American, and =No. 2 collegian under all-conditions.
As the Razorbacks contended for team titles in SEC and NCAA Championships, Anthony supplied vital points for Arkansas. He earned the Commissioner’s trophy at the SEC Outdoor Championships as the high-point scorer with 21.5 points as the Razorbacks claimed the team title.
Twenty of those conference points came in sweeping the 100m and 200m with stellar performances of 9.95 and 19.93 as Anthony became just the third sprinter in SEC history to achieve the sweep with sub-10 and sub-20 second times.
Named the SEC Outdoor Runner of the Year, Anthony became the first Razorback to attain the honor since Caleb Cross in 2012.
Anthony was also the high-point scorer at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with 16.5 points. Combining the NCAA Indoor (10 points) with his NCAA Outdoor tally, Anthony produced the most points between both championships in 2025 with 26.5 points.
Arkansas placed fourth in team scoring at the NCAA Indoor and were third at NCAA Outdoor.
In addition to setting school records in the 60m and 100m, the 19.93 performance in the 200m ranks second on the Arkansas all-time list behind a 19.89 registered by Wallace Spearmon, Jr. in 2005.
With Anthony running anchor leg on the 4 x 100m relay, which placed third at SEC and NCAA Outdoor meets, the Razorbacks generated a season best of 38.51 in the NCAA semifinal to rank No. 3 on the UA all-time list behind the school record of 38.47 set in 2015.
