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Anthaya Charlton - Track & Field - University of Kentucky Athletics

AnthayaCharlton

  • position Jumps
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Nassau, Bahamas
  • Previous School Star Trackers T&F Club Bahamas
  • High school St. Augustine's College
BIO

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7987480/Kentucky/Anthaya_Charlton

Career Accolades

  • SEC Co-Field Athlete of the Week – 2023
  • SEC Indoor Long Jump Bronze Medalist – 2023
  • 2023 Indoor USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America – Long Jump

2022-23 (Sophomore)

Outdoor

  • Won, set a personal best and improved the UK freshman record in the long jump with a jump of 21’8.25”/6.61m at the UCF Black & Gold Invite
  • Won the 100 meter dash with a personal best time of 11.38 at the UCF Black & Gold Invite
  • Member of 4×400 relay team that placed 4th with a time of 3:44.32 at the UCF Black & Gold Invite

Indoor

  • Won bronze at the SEC Championships in the long jump with a personal-best of 21’5.25”/6.53m that ranks second on the all-time performer’s list.
  • Placed 2nd in the long jump with a jump of 19’6″/5.94m at the Commonwealth College Opener.
  • Placed 6th in the 200 meters with a time of 24.91 at the Commonwealth College Opener.
  • Placed 4th in the 60 meters with a time of 7.53 at the Commonwealth College Opener.
  • Won the long jump competition with a jump of 20’3.5″/6.18m at the Rod McCravy Memorial.
  • Placed 8th in the 60 meters with a time of 7.56 at the Rod McCravy Memorial.
  • Placed 4th in the long jump with a jump of 19’9″/6.02m at the TTU Red Raider Open.
  • Placed 10th in the 200 meters with a time of 24.62 at the TTU Red Raider Open.
  • Placed 5th in the long jump with a jump of 20’7″/6.27m at the Razorback Invitational.
  • Placed 8th in the 60 meters with a time of 7.49 at the Razorback Invitational.
  • Placed 5th in the long jump with a jump of 20’8.5″/6.31m at the Tiger Paw Invite.
  • Set a career best time of 24.11 in the 200 meters at the Tiger Paw Invite.
  • Set a career best time of 7.30 in the 60 meter prelims at the Tiger Paw Invite.
  • Placed 10th at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the long jump with a jump of 20’7.25”/6.28m

2021-22 (Freshman) 

Outdoor 

  • Did not compete 

Indoor 

  • Won the women’s long jump (19’7.83”/5.99) with a personal best distance, finished fourth in the 60m (7.61) and competed in the 200m at the Cardinal Classic in her first meet for Kentucky 
  • Finished fourth in the long jump (18’0.5”/5.6m) and competed in the 60m and 200m at the Jim Green Invitational 
  • Ran in the 60m (7.67) and finished seventh in the long jump (19’6″/5.94m) at the Red Raider Open 
  • Named to SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll 

High School 

  • The Tribune’s (Bahamas) 2019 Junior Female Athlete of the Year award recipient 
  • Won the 100m dash at the 2019 Cayman Islands CARIFTA Games with a personal best time of 11.51 along with two more 100m wins throughout the 2019 season 
  • Earned her personal best in the long jump (5.85m) with a first place finish in the U18 event at the 2019 McKenley Wint Classics in Kingston Jamaica 
  • Placed first in the U20 long jump with 5.45m jump at the Roadrunners meet in Nassau, Bahamas in February 2021 
  • Finished fourth in the U20 100m dash (12.53) at the Easter Track & Field Classic in Nassau, Bahamas in April 2021 
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