University of South Alabama Athletics

2013: (Outdoor) Placed third in both the pole vault (4.60m) and javelin throw (48.78m) at the Jaguar Opener...Took top honors in the javelin throw (52.19m) and placed seventh in the shot put (11.03m) at the USA Invitational...Notched a pair of seventh-place finishes in the javelin (50.48m) and the pole vault (4.45m) at the War Eagle Invitational...Cleared 4.75m in the pole vault to take first place at the Coach "O" Invitational...At the SBC Championships, placed fifth in the pole vault (4.73m) and seventh in the decathlon (6,497 pts.), a point total that ranks sixth in Jaguar history.

2013: (Indoor) Tied for eighth in the pole vault (4.45m) at the Panther Ice Breaker...Placed 10th in the heptathlon (4,659 pts.) with the fifth-best point total in USA history at the Air Force Invitational...Finished eighth in the heptathlon with 4,651 pts. at the SBC Championships.

2012: (Outdoor) Finished fourth in the javelin and sixth in the pole vault at the Jaguar Invite...Took fifth in the men's decathlon at the Louisiana Classics...Finished seventh overall in the men's decathlon at the SBC Championships...Recorded a personal-best 6,332 points in a 14th-place finish at the United States Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

2012: (Indoor) Finished sixth in the men's heptathlon (4,071 points) at the Birmingham Ice Breaker...Scored 4,021 points in the Birmingham Invitational heptathlon to finish 11th...Finished third in the men's pole vault (4.27m/14-00) and was part of the fourth-place men's 4x400-meter relay 'C' team (3:40.99) at the MTSU Invitational...Part of a Vulcan Invitational third-place men's 4x400m team (3:20.50)...Finished ninth in the men's heptathlon (4,476 pts.) at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships...

High School: Cleared a mark of 4.41m (14-6) to earn the 5A state pole vault title this past...also accumulated a personal-best decathlon point total of 5,642 to place third in the event at the 2011 Alabama High School Athletic Association state meet

Personal: Born in Dallas, Texas...son of Erik and Pennie Magnusson...oldest of two siblings...father competed in track and field for four years at Blenn Community College, Louisiana Tech

Major: Engineering