Honors
- 2023 USTFCCCA Indoor Southeast Region Track Athlete of the Year
- First-team All-America | Indoor (1)
- 2023 NCAA Indoor Silver | 60m
- 2023 SEC Indoor Silver | 60m
College | Kentucky
Indoor: Silver medalist in 60m at 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a 6.55 in final after career best 6.54 in prelim … Lone freshman to reach NCAA 60m final … Also silver medalist in 60m at SEC Indoor Championships with a 6.57 in final after 6.64 in prelim, and ran in prelims of 200m (20.91), placing 11th … One of two freshmen in SEC 60m final … Debut race with Kentucky claimed 60m win at Rod McCravy Memorial with a 6.63 … Won 60m at Texas Tech Red Raider Open with a 6.55 after a 6.66 in prelim and finished sixth in 200m (20.98).
The 6.54 performance by Anthony ranks No. 4 on the World U20 all-time list and No. 2 on the U.S. U20 all-time list, just off the American U20 record of 6.52 set by D’Angelo Cherry in 2009. The 6.55 is the fifth-best World U20 performance and third-best U.S. U20 performance while the 6.57 ranks as equal eighth-best World U20 and equal fifth-best U.S. U20 performances.
Outdoor: Competed in Jim Green Invitational in late April, placing second in 100m with a 10.26 and runner-up in 200m with a 20.98.
Best marks in college: 10.16 (100m), 20.98 (200m); Indoor: 6.54A (60m), 20.91 (200m)
High School
2022 graduate of Tylertown High School in Tylertown, Mississippi … 2022 USATF U20 champion in 200m with a career best of 20.35 and finished sixth in 100m (10.43, 10.31w prelim) … Won 100m and 200m titles at Mississippi Meet of Champions with times of 10.24 and 20.83 … 2022 Mississippi 3A State champion in 100m (10.48) and 200m (21.06) … Established 100m career best of 10.14 to win Region 4-3A title, which ranked equal No. 8 on the all-time high school with Noah Lyles and Rodrick Pleasant … For 2022 season, ranked first in the nation among preps with his 20.35 and second best with his 10.14 … Tylertown’s 4 x 100m relay best of 40.60 ranked 11th in the nation … Indoors in 2022, won 60m (6.69) and 200m (20.64 PR) at Nike Indoor Nationals, where he posted a 6.23 best at 55m enroute during the 60m final … The 20.64 performance ranked No. 3 performer and performance on the all-time high school list in 2022 behind a 20.62 for Jaylen Slade and 20.63 for Noah Lyles … On the all-time U20 list, the 20.64 ranks No. 10 in the world and No. 6 among Americans … Finished as runner-up in 60m (6.82) at New Balance Nationals Indoor … Led the nation among preps in 200m with his 20.64, ranked second with a 5.85 in 50m, and second in the 60m with a 6.65 …
As a junior in 2021, posted a winning time of 10.21 in the 100m at The Outdoor Nationals and finished second in the 200m with a wind-aided 20.57 after a 20.86 PR in the prelims … Ranked second in the nation for 2021 season in 100m with his 10.21 and 11th in 200m with the 20.86 while his windy 20.57 was seventh best under all-conditions … Undefeated in 11 finals at 100m, which included Mississippi 3A State title in 10.30 and Mississippi Meet of Champions in 10.82 … Also registered 200m victories in State meet (21.11) and Meet of Champions (21.45) … Indoors in 2021, won 200m title in 22.04 and finished third in 60m (6.84) at adidas Indoor Nationals … Also competed with XCEL Athletics track club.
Best marks in high school include: 10.14 (100m), 20.35 (200m)
Indoor: 6.23 (55m), 6.65 (60m), 20.64 (200m)
Personal
Born June 29, 2004 in Palmdale Lancaster, California … Son of Carvah Magee and the late Robert Jones … Has four siblings – Ja’Kobi Magee, Journee Jones, Daunique Shields, and Derrick Bowie … In 10 years hopes to be a professional football player and an Olympian … Motivation to work hard comes from everything he learned from his dad, who passed away in 2021 … Three words that describe him are fast, funny, and outgoing.
