CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) — Eastern Michigan University track and field graduate student Taige Bryant (Edmond, Okla.-Edmond Memorial) was named the Mid-American Conference Men's Field Athlete of the Week, the league office announced today, April 28. This marks the second weekly honor in Bryant's collegiate career, and the third for the men's track and field program so far this outdoor season.
Bryant took a major step forward in the discus at the Knights Invite, April 24. The veteran thrower surpassed former Eagle Clark Wilson's record distance of 56.60m set in 2005 by producing a 58.