Sprinter Jordan Anthony joins Razorback track & field program

FAYETTEVILLE – NCAA 60-meter silver medalist Jordan Anthony, a recent transfer to the Arkansas football program from Texas A&M, will also be part of the Razorback track and field program this season.

While with Kentucky during the 2023 track and field season, Anthony collected silver medals in the 60m at SEC and NCAA Championships while producing a trio of the all-time fastest Under-20 times in the event.

At the SEC Indoor held in Randal Tyson Track Center, Anthony posted times of 6.57 in the final after a 6.64 prelim. Then at altitude in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the NCAA Indoor Championships, Anthony clocked 6.55 as runner-up in the final after a 6.54 in the prelim.

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 and third-best U.S. U20 performances while the 6.57 ranks as equal eighth-best World U20 and equal fifth-best U.S. U20 performances.

Anthony earned the USTFCCCA Southeast Region Indoor Track Athlete of the Year honor. He was the lone freshman to reach the NCAA 60m final and one of two freshmen in the SEC 60m final.

During the outdoor season in 2023, Anthony only competed in one meet, placing second in the 100m and 200m at Kentucky’s Jim Green Invitational.

In high school at Tylertown, Mississippi, Anthony ranked among the best prep sprinters in the nation as a junior and senior.

Indoors, the 20.64 by Anthony to win the Nike Indoor Nationals ranked as the No. 3 performer and performance on the all-time high school behind a 20.62 for Jaylen Slade and 20.63 by Noah Lyles, who recently claimed three gold medals (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay) at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.

On all-time U20 lists, the indoor 20.64 by Anthony ranks 10th in the world and sixth among Americans.

An outdoor career best of 20.45 claimed the 2022 USATF U20 title in the 200m and the time ranked first in the nation as well as his 20.64 indoors. His career best of 10.14 in the 100m in winning the Region 4-3A title was second best in the nation. In the 4 x 100m relay, Tylertown’s best of 40.60 ranked 11th. Anthony also ranked second in the nation indoors at 50m (5.85) and 60m (6.65).

During his junior season in 2021, Anthony recorded winning times of 10.21 in the 100m and 20.57w in the 200m at The Outdoor Nationals while adding a then PR of 20.86 in the 200m prelims. Anthony ranked second best in the nation in the 100m and 11th best in the 200m while his wind-aided 200m best was seventh among all-conditions.

Anthony completed an undefeated season among 11 finals in the 100m as a junior, which included the Mississippi 3A State title as well as the Mississippi Meet of Champions. He claimed the 200m titles at both meets as well. In his senior season, he repeated the 100m and 200m sweep at both meets.