Anthony Schwartz TFRRS Profile
2018 Gatorade National Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year
World Youth record-holder: 100m, 200m
2020 Outdoor:
Season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Indoor:
Did not compete
2019 Outdoor
Raced in five meets … Sixth at SEC Outdoors at 100m with season-best 10.21 … Silver medal at historic Penn Relays running a 10.25 in finals … Raced once in 200m, clocking a 21.31 at Tiger Track Classic.
2019 Indoor
Ran in two meets … Tied school freshman 60m record in first appearance in an Auburn uniform, taking gold at the Bob Pollock Invitational in 6.65 … Ran 6.65 in prelims and finals … Two weeks later broke school freshman record with 6.59 to finish third at the Tiger Paw Invite … Suffered injury running 200m at Tiger Paw Invite and did not compete the rest of the season … Was eighth nationally on the 60m performance list and was top freshman.
Auburn Football (2018) Football - Football Bio:
True freshman receiver … Caught 22 balls for 357 yards and two touchdowns … Rushed 211 on 27 attempts with five touchdowns … scored seven touchdowns for season (4 rushing, 3 receiving), good for third on the team and second among all SEC freshmen … Sixth in receiving yards, all-purpose yards and scoring among SEC freshmen … saw first career action vs. Washington ... against Alabama State, scored rushing (23 yds) and receiving (57 yds) TDs, gaining 117 all-purpose yards … two receptions gained 37 yards vs. LSU … 42-yard reception was long gain vs. Arkansas … 6-yard touchdown run vs. Southern Miss … 76-yard touchdown reception vs. Tennessee was Auburn’s longest play of the season … scored a touchdown recovering a fumble in the end zone at Ole Miss … 9-yard rushing touchdown at Alabama along with three receptions
Prior to Auburn:
Attended Plantation American Heritage High School in Pembroke Pines, Florida ... Broward County track and field athlete of the year as a junior and an all-USA sprinter … As a senior in 2018, was named the Gatorade national boys track and field athlete of the year … Won 2018 Florida State Class 2A 100m (10.07w) and 200m (20.41w) in record times … at IAAF U20 World Championships in Finland in July, 2018, took silver medal in 100m (10.22) and gold medal in 4x100 relay (38.88) for Team USA … Wind-legal 100m PR of 10.09 came at the Great Southwest Classic in Albuquerque, N.M. in June 2018 … 10.09 was nation’s fastest wind-legal high school 100m in 2018 and ranks No. 4 in US prep history … 200m wind-legal PR of 20.47 posted at the Sam Burley Hall of Fame Invitational on March 3, 2018 in Miami … 20.47 ranked as No. 2 time among high school athletes nationally in 2018 and is No. 18 all-time among prep runners … Won 13 of 14 events ran outdoors at 100m and 200m combined in 2018 … Won gold medal at 2018 USATF Junior Outdoor Championships with a time of 10.23 … Finished high school career owning the No. 4, No. 6, No. 8, No. 9 and No. 13 100-meter clockings in the history of American high school track … Set a world youth record (U18) with a wind-legal 10.15 100m in the 2017 Florida Relays … Competed internationally at the 2017 Pan American U20 Championships in Trujilo, Peru as part of the gold medal Team USA 4x100m relay that posted a 39.33 … As a sophomore in 2016, won Florida State Class 2A 100m title (10.68) while finishing fifth in the 200m (21.77) … Indoors, established 60m PR of 6.59 while capturing gold at the New Balance Nationals Indoors in New York in March 2018.
Personal:
Birthday is September 5 ... son of Jill Schwartz and Thomas Benjamin … has two siblings, Kalani and Brandon … studying in the College of Business