February 17, 2024; Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA; Noah Lyles gestures after winning the 60 meters in 6:43 at the USATF Indoor Championships at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Jordan Anthony further solidified his status as a champion sprinter on Sunday by winning his first national title as a professional, besting 60-meter runners including Olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles at the USA Track and Field Indoor Championships in Staten Island, New York.
Anthony, 21, finished in 6.45 seconds, just ahead of 2016 indoor world champion Trayvon Bromell (6.47) and Lyles (6.51), the 100m winner at the 2024 Paris Olympics and a four-time 200m world titlist.
“We didn’t have a couple of good games at the beginning of the season,” Anthony said on NBC Sports broadcast from the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex. “It took some humility to remember who I was and that motherfucker mentality. Those two races influenced me a lot. Everyone said I had failed. I was trying to figure out where I was.”
Anthony won NCAA titles No. 60 and No. 100 in 2025. He played wide receiver at Kentucky (2022), Texas A&M (2023) and Arkansas (2024), totaling 11 receptions for 125 yards and one touchdown in 18 games.
Three weeks ago, he recorded his fastest 60 time of the year at 6.43 seconds. Sunday’s win qualified him for the World Indoor Championships in Poland from March 20-22. A country can earn up to two berths per individual event, with a third berth available if the athlete earns a World Indoor Tour wildcard.
Joining Anthony was 800 meter champion Cooper Lutkenhaus. He became the youngest American to do so since 2019, when he won the national track title at age 17 with a time of 1:46.68. Second place was Sean Dolan (1 minute 47.16 seconds), and third place was Isaiah Harris (1 minute 47.22 seconds).
Lutkenhaus, ranked third in the world and the under-20 indoor record holder, will compete in the indoor world championships during her Texas high school’s spring break.
Nikki Hiltz, 31, brought even more experience to the weekend’s competition and extended her record by winning seven consecutive national titles in the 1,500m, including sweeping the indoor and outdoor crowns in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Hiltz won in 4:11.34, ahead of Gracie Morris (4:11.39) and Lindsey Butler (4:11.52).
There was a surprise victory in the men’s 1,500-meter race on Sunday, as Nathan Green (3:37.65) edged out former University of Washington teammate Luke Houser (3:37.67) to claim his first national title.
Vincent Chiatei (3 minutes 37.73 seconds) took third place. At this distance, 2024 Olympic bronze medalist Yared Nuguse was fourth (3:38.06) and Paris gold medalist Cole Hocker was fifth (3:38.08). Hocker earned his 3,000th win on Saturday and Nuguse finished second.
Jacious Sears won the women’s 60m in 7 minutes and 4 seconds to claim her first national title at the event.
Other women’s champions included 400m Rosie Effiong (51.53m), 800m Addison Wiley (1:59.43), pole vaulter Chloe Timberg (4.70m), weightlifter Jalani Davis (24.84m) and triple jumper Jasmine Moore (13.89m), who added her long jump crown on Saturday.
Other male champions included Khaleb McRae in the 400m (45.01s), Elijah Kosiba in the high jump (2.24m), Steffin McCarter in the long jump (8.10m) and Roger Steen in the shot put (21.81m).
–Field level media
