Jordan Anthony part of two John McDonnell Invite meet records
FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas sprinter Jordan Anthony was part of two meet records during the John McDonnell Invitational as he anchored the 4 x 100m relay to victory and won the 200m.
The first running event for the Razorbacks produced a meet record in the 4 x 100m relay as the foursome of Connor Washington, Tevijon Williams, Jaden Smith, and Anthony registered a winning time of 38.97.
That bettered the meet record of 39.06 set in 2024 by Arkansas and ranks No. 10 on the UA all-time list. Finishing behind Arkansas were Pittsburg State (39.59) and Central Arkansas (40.22).
Later in the meet Anthony broke the meet record in 200m with a winning time of 20.36 (1.4 wind). His PR of 20.35 is from his high school days and the 20.36 is equal No. 8 on the UA all-time list, matching the time for Wallace Spearmon, Sr.
The previous 200m meet record of 20.40 was set in 2009 by Alonso Edward of Barton County CC.
Finishing behind Anthony were teammates Tevijon Williams (20.66), Steven McElroy (20.82) and Jaden Smith (20.92).
Zyaire Nuriddin won the 400m in a career best of 45.66 seconds while Tyrice Taylor won another section in a PR of 46.29 to place second overall. Rivaldo Marshall finished second to Taylor with a 46.54.
Scottie Vines cleared 7-1.5 (2.17) to win the high jump while teammate Joshua Blakely finished runner-up with a 6-11 (2.11) clearance.
Link Lindsey registered a victory in the long jump with a career best mark of 25-2.75 (7.89). Connor Washington claimed the 100m in 10.25 (-0.3 wind) while a pair of Arkansas long jumpers – Uroy Ryan (10.60) and Juriad Hughes, Jr. (10.63) – also competed in the 100m.
In the 110m hurdles, Arkansas alum Elijah Morris finished second with a 13.66 (-0.1 wind) with Brevin Sims placing third in 13.92 while Karamoko Sacko finished fourth in 13.94.
Brian Masai posted a time of 13:54.00 to place second in the 5,000m as he finished behind a 13:35.30 for Oklahoma State’s Brian Musau.
The Razorbacks finished second in the 4 x 400m relay with a time of 3:05.75 to finish behind Pittsburg State’s 3:05.66. The Arkansas quartet consisted Zyaire Nuriddin (46.81), Tyrice Taylor (45.44), Jonah Vigil (46.44), and Rivaldo Marshall (46.79).
A second group of Razorbacks finished fifth in the final section with a 3:09.40 from Joel Burris (48.29), TJ Tomlyanovich (45.48), Kevin Bello (46.69), and Wyatt Green (48.72).
Earlier in the meet Burris placed eighth in the 400m hurdles (52.86).
