CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) — Eastern Michigan University men's track and field student-athlete Baldvin Magnusson (Akureyri, Iceland-Hull University) has once again been selected the Mid-American Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week, the conference office announced today, Jan. 18. It marks the fourth time in his career Magnusson has collected the weekly academic honor.
Magnusson had an impressive weekend at the Michigan Invitational in Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 14. The Akureyri, Iceland, native not only paced all Eastern Michigan student-athletes in the one-mile run, but set a new Icelandic national record with his time of 3:59.