Arkansas’ Jordan Anthony Runs 9.75 (+2.1) 100m – Making Him One Of The 11 Fastest Humans In History
By Robert JohnsonJordan Anthony, a 20-year-old redshirt sophomore at the University of Arkansas, ran a windy 9.75 100m (+2.1 m/s wind) on Friday night at the NCAA West First Round in College Station, Tex. — the West regional for the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Running in the first heat of what is technically the NCAA quarterfinal, Anthony blitzed his nearest competition by 0.16. Had the wind been just 0.1 less, Anthony would be the 6th-fastest man in human history as only runs with winds of 2.0 m/s or less are counted for record purposes.
ERNEST CAMPBELL RUNS 10.02 IN THE 100M TO BOOK HIS SPOT IN EUGENE ‼️#GigEm // #AggieTF pic.twitter.com/XBxn9SF0aI
— Texas A&M Track & Field/Cross Country (@aggietfxc) May 30, 2025
The 10 Fastest Wind-Legal Performers in History at 100m
| Rank | Time | Wind | Athlete | Country | Year |
| 1 | 9.58 | +0.9 | Usain Bolt | JAM | 2009 |
| 2 | 9.69 | +2.0 | Tyson Gay | USA | 2009 |
| 2 | 9.69 | -0.1 | Yohan Blake | JAM | 2012 |
| 4 | 9.72 | +0.2 | Asafa Powell | JAM | 2008 |
| 5 | 9.74 | +0.9 | Justin Gatlin | USA | 2015 |
| 6 | 9.76 | +0.6 | Christian Coleman | USA | 2019 |
| 6 | 9.76A | +1.2 | Trayvon Bromell | USA | 2021 |
| 6 | 9.76 | +1.4 | Fred Kerley | USA | 2022 |
| 9 | 9.77A | +1.2 | Ferdinand Omanyala | KEN | 2021 |
| 9 | 9.77 | +0.9 | Kishane Thompson | JAM | 2024 |
As it stands, Anthony is the 11th person in human history to run 9.75 or faster under any conditions.
The 11 Fastest 100m Runners in History (Any Wind)
| Rank | Time | Wind | Athlete | Country | Year |
| 1 | 9.58 | 0.9 | Usain Bolt | JAM | 2009 |
| 2 | 9.68 | 4.1 | Tyson Gay | USA | 2008 |
| 3 | 9.69A | 5.7 | Obadele Thompson | BAR | 1996 |
| 3 | 9.69 | 4.8 | Andre De Grasse | CAN | 2017 |
| 3 | 9.69 | -0.1 | Yohan Blake | JAM | 2012 |
| 6 | 9.72 | 0.2 | Asafa Powell | JAM | 2008 |
| 7 | 9.74 | unknown | Richard Thompson | TTO | 2014 |
| 8 | 9.74 | 0.9 | Justin Gatlin | USA | 2015 |
| 9 | 9.75 | 4.3 | Darvis Patton | USA | 2013 |
| 9 | 9.75 | 2.1 | Travyon Bromell | USA | 2022 |
| 9 | 9.75 | 2.1 | Jordan Anthony | USA | 2025 |
It is tied for the second-fastest NCAA time ever run as way back in 1996, UTEP’s Obadele Thompson ran 9.69 at altitude with a massive 5.7 m/s wind. USC’s Andre De Grasse also ran 9.75 (+2.7) at the 2015 NCAA championships in Eugene.
According to Jonas Mureika‘s 100m wind conversion calculator, Anthony’s run is equivalent to 9.85 with zero wind or 9.76 with a 2.0 wind.
In high school in Mississippi, Anthony ran 10.14 (+1.2), 20.35 (+2.0) and was the US U20 200m champ (6th in the 100) in 2022.
In 2023, he started his NCAA career at Kentucky, where he was the SEC and NCAA runner-up in the 60m, running a personal best of 6.54 at altitude (his low-altitude best was 6.57). Outdoors, he opened at 10.16 but never ran faster and had a 200 sb of 20.91. He failed to get out of the heats of SECs.
Last year at Arkansas, Anthony was 4th at SECs indoors and didn’t make the final at NCAAs and recorded a best time of 6.59 in the 60m. He didn’t run outdoors.
Arkansas is actually the third collegiate stop for Anthony. A two-sport athlete, Anthony also plays wide receiver in football. After a full freshman year at Kentucky, Anthony attended and played football at Texas A&M in the fall of 2023. But he never ran track for them.
In football at Kentucky in 2022, Anthony played in two games as a freshman but had no catches and reshirted. In 2023 at Texas A&M, he had 3 catches for 14 yards. In 2024 at Arkansas, he played in 12 games, starting one. In total, he had and 8 catches for 111 yards and a TD.
Razorback Jordan Anthony comments on his 9.75w in the 100m at NCAA West pic.twitter.com/g1lpNrUzVs
— RazorbackTF/XC (@RazorbackTF) May 31, 2025
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