Honors
- 5-time First-team All-America | Indoor (5)
- 2023 World Athletics Championships Bronze | 4 x 400m relay
- 2023 British Championships 4th | 400m
- 2023 NCAA Indoor Gold | 4 x 400m relay – World best 3:21.75
- 2023 SEC Outdoor Silver | 4 x 400m relay
- 2023 SEC Indoor Silver | 400m – UA School Record
Junior (2023)
Outdoor: Bronze medalist on British 4 x 400m relay at World Athletics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary … Split 49.82 as second leg in World Athletics Championships final as Great Britain finished third in 3:21.04, which was the third fastest relay outdoors in 2023 … Split 49.77 as second leg in prelims (3:23.33), racing the same leg against Razorback teammate Rosey Effiong (49.51), who was part of United States relay …
Finished fourth in the British Championships held in Manchester, posting an outdoor career best time of 51.62 in the final, after a then PR of 51.65 in the prelims … Following collegiate season, raced in Trackwired Arkansas Grand Prix, clocking 52.74 to place eighth in 400m … Advanced to NCAA West Preliminary round, ran 54.28 in first round … Member of silver medal 4 x 400m relay at SEC Championships in Baton Rouge, finished 10th in prelims of 400m with a 51.84 … Opened outdoor season at Texas Relays, running on runner-up efforts in sprint medley relay (3:41.51) and 4 x 400m relay (3:31.46) … At Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial posted a time of 52.35 in 400m … Finished fifth in 400m (53.64) at John McDonnell Invitational and sixth (52.30) in LSU Invitational … Prior to conference meet, ran 23.26 for fifth in 200m at Arkansas Twilight.
Indoor: Member of World best 4 x 400m relay that won NCAA Indoor title in 3:21.75, which bettered the World Record of 3:23.27 set by Russia in 2006 … Anning split 51.47 as first leg, recording the fastest first leg by a collegian indoors and fifth fastest first leg on world all-time list … Previous best collegiate first leg split was 51.88 by Britton Wilson in 2022 … Arkansas bettered the indoor collegiate record of 3:24.09 set by the Razorbacks in 2022 as well as the outdoor collegiate record of 3:21.93 set by Kentucky in 2022 … The previous NCAA Indoor meet record was 3:26.88 set by Texas A&M in 2021 and the Albuquerque facility record of 3:27.40 was set by Oregon in 2014.
Placed sixth in 400m final with a 51.22 at NCAA Indoor after a 51.42 in the prelims … SEC silver medalist in 400m with a career best 50.68, which bettered the UA school record of 50.88 set by Britton Wilson … Ran 51.84 in SEC prelims and member of gold medal 4 x 400 relay (3:27.57) with a 50.92 split on third leg, at the time the fastest ever collegiate third leg split indoors … Opened indoor season with a runner-up at 200m (23.47) at Arkansas Invitational and ran on winning 4 x 400m relay (3:30.38) with a 52.64 first leg split … Finished sixth in 400m with a then PR of 51.56 at Razorbacks Invitational and split 52.19 first leg on winning 4 x 400m relay with a meet record 3:26.40 … At Tyson Invitational, placed third in 400m (51.88) and added a 23.38 in 200m … Member of runner-up distance medley relay in Arkansas Qualifier, splitting 52.47 on 400m leg.
Splits in 2023
| Outdoor | ||
| 49.77 | 2nd leg | World Athletics prelim |
| 49.82 | 2nd leg | World Athletics final |
| Indoor | ||
| 50.92 | 3rd leg | SEC Final |
| 51.47 | 1st leg | NCAA Final |
| 52.19 | 1st leg | Razorback Inv |
| 52.47 | 2nd leg | Arkansas Qualifier DMR |
| 52.64 | 1st leg | Arkansas Inv |
COLLEGE | LSU
Competed at LSU, earning three first-team All-America honors during indoor seasons.
2022: Indoors – Placed ninth in 400m prelims (52.48) at NCAA Championships, ran on seventh place 4 x 400 relay (3:33.81), splitting 53.25 on first leg … Finished sixth at SEC Indoor in 400m (51.87), member of fifth place 4 x 400 relay (3:32.46), splitting 52.69 on first leg … Placed third in 200m (23.38) at Red Raider Open, finished fifth in 400m (52.78) at Razorback Invitational … Set a career best of 7.45 in 60m to place sixth in New Mexico Classic, finished fifth in 200m (23.64) … At Tyson Invitational, runner-up in 400m (52.07) and posted a career best 23.27 for fourth in 200m …
Outdoor – Finished 16th in 400m prelims (53.46) at SEC Outdoor … Opened outdoors with a career best 11.49 for sixth place in 100m at Baldy Castillo Invitational, also finished fourth in 200m (23.51) … Member of runner-up distance medley relay (11:02.45, 52.07 split) at Texas Relays and ran on fourth place 4 x 400 relay (3:31.66) … Won 400m (52.08) and placed fourth in 200m (23.31) at LSU Battle on the Bayou … At LSU Joe May Invitational, won 400m (52.13), placed third in 200m (23.43), and ran on winning 4 x 400 (3:29.88) …
2021: Indoor – At NCAA Indoor finished fifth in 400m at 51.83 and ran on fourth place 4 x 400 relay (3:29.69), anchoring in 51.46 … Fourth in 400m (52.27) at SEC Championships, anchored in 52.18 on fourth place 4 x 400 (3:31.82) …
Outdoor – Posted a career best of 51.78 in 400m at NCAA East Preliminary round … Finished 14th in semifinal at NCAA Championships … Placed 12th in 400m prelims at SEC Championships, ran on fifth place 4 x 400 relay (3:31.73) … Fourth in 400m (52.08) at Texas Relays and finished third in the 4 x 400 (3:32.28) … Runner-up in 200m (23.38w) at LSU Battle on the Bayou … Won 200m in 23.23w at Crimson Tide Invitational … Posted a time of 23.25w for fifth in LSU Boots Garland Invitational … Clocked 51.97 for fourth in 400m at LSU Alumni Gold, ran on runner-up 4 x 400 relay (3:29.01) … Registered a wind-legal 23.23 for seventh at LSU Invitational …
2020: SEC Indoor bronze medalist in 400m with a 52.25, also bronze medalist in 4 x 400 relay (3:31.23), anchoring in 52.64 … Won 400m at Tyson Invitational in 52.22 and anchored winning 4 x 400 relay (3:32.87) with 51.84 split.
Career best marks in college include: 11.49 (100), 23.31 (200), 51.78 (400)
Indoor: 7.45 (60), 23.27 (200), 51.83 (400)
HIGH SCHOOL
2019 graduate of Bhasvic College in Brighton, England … Coached by Lloyd Cowan MBE, who coached Christine Ohuruogo, an Olympic and World Champion in the 400m, as well as Andy Turner, World 110m hurdle medalist … Holds 12 national age group titles and three British records, including the UK U20 400m, U15 300m, and age 13 triple jump … Earned her first Senior GB vest as a member of silver medal 4 x 400 relay at 2019 European Indoor Championships … Established British U20 indoor record of 53.00 in 400 as silver medalist at the 2019 British Athletics Indoor Championships … Outdoors, produced a time of 52.18 at 2019 European U20 Championships, moving to No. 3 on UK all-time junior list … Member of Great Britain 4 x 400 relay (3:33.03) that claimed gold at 2019 European U20 Championships, ran anchor leg with split of 52.50, the second fastest recorded in the final … Won 400 (52.54) at 2019 England U20 meet … Silver medalist in 200 (23.94) on senior level at 2018 British Indoor Championships … In 2017, bronze medalist in 400 (53.68) at Commonwealth Youth Games, and her time ranked No. 4 on UK all-time U17 list.
PERSONAL
Amber Amelia Kathleen Anning was born November 18, 2000, in London, England … Daughter of Peter and Melanie Anning … Has two younger sisters, Ruby and Sophia … Mother competed in college at Loughborough University in UK, uncle Basil played football at NYIT in 1980s … Great grandmother, Susan Hart, founded the Girl Guides movement in Jamaica … Majoring in Advertising & Public Relations with a minor in Psychology … Career plans include becoming a professional athlete and sports PR consultant … Life ambition is to win an Olympic gold medal in the 400m … Favorite athlete is Allyson Felix, who she shares a birthday with … Person she most admires is her mother … Eligible to compete for three different countries – Great Britian by birth, Jamaica via maternal grandparents, or Australia, where she holds citizenship and started athletics having lived there for three years … Chose Arkansas for the facilities, Coach Johnson, and the success of the women’s 400m program.
