MILWAUKEE – Rising sophomore Anthony Buford of the Milwaukee track & field team has qualified for the USA Track & Field U20 Championship and set to compete in the long jump later this week in Eugene, Oregon.
 
The 2025 USATF U20 Championships will take place at Hayward Field on June 19-20, with the long jump scheduled for 3:30 p.m. (CT) on Thursday afternoon. The event will be broadcast on USATF.tv, a subscription-based online platform.
 
The 2025 Horizon League Indoor & Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year put together a standout debut season for the Panthers, making his collegiate debut in the John Tierney Classic during the indoor season at the Klotsche Center. He recorded a jump of 7.01m at the event and continued to excel in the event as the season progressed.
 
At the Horizon League Indoor Championships in early March, Buford reached 7.20m and took second in his first conference championship appearance.
 
As the season shifted outdoors, Buford posted a leap of 7.51m at the Ashton May Invitational, hosted by UW-La Crosse. Although wind-aided, the season-best mark set the stage for a championship-caliber performance at the Horizon League Outdoor Championship in May, where he claimed the top spot on the podium with a jump of 7.39m.
 
Buford also competed in the 200m and 400m dashes as well as the 4x400m relay this season. His season-best in the 200m was a 22.44, set at the Badger Challenge in early May, while his top 400m performance came at the outdoor championships, where he finished second with a time of 49.19.