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Birmingham, Ala. -- The Southeastern Conference announced its 2016 cross country awards on Tuesday, as voted on by the leagues head coaches.The mens recipients include Arkansas Alex George (Runner of the Year), Arkansas Carter Persyn (Freshman of the Year), Kentuckys Jacob Thomson (Scholar-Athlete of the Year) and Arkansas Chris Bucknam (Coach of the Year).The womens recipients include Missouris Karissa Schweizer (Runner of the Year), Arkansas Abby Gray (Freshman of the Year), Arkansas Devin Clark (Scholar-Athlete of the Year) and Arkansas Lance Harter (Coach of the Year).George was named the SEC Mens Runner of the Year after he took home the SEC mens cross country individual title. He clocked an 8K time of 23:24.9 at Agri Park in Fayetteville, Ark.Schweizer was chosen as the SEC Female Runner of the Year after winning three races this season including the SEC individual title. She finished the 6K race in 20:10.5, a personal record.Persyn, the Mens Freshman Runner of the Year, was the first freshman to complete the race by finishing in 37th place on the 8K course with a time of 25:24.4, earning him a spot on the Mens All-Freshman Team.Gray was named the Womens Freshman of the Year after finishing as the top female freshman at the SEC Championships with a time of 20:52.5 to place ninth overall at the SEC Championships. For her efforts, she also earned spots on the All-SEC Second Team and All-Freshman Team.Thomson is a junior at Kentucky with a 3.647 grade point average in accounting. He placed seventh overall at the 2016 SEC Cross Country Championships with an 8K time of 24:03.6. Thomson started the season with three-consecutive runner-up finishes at the Bluegrass Invitational, Texas A&M Invitational, and then led the Wildcats to a team win at the Alabama Crimson Classic.Clark is a sophomore with a 3.885 grade point average in kinesiology at Arkansas. She has been Arkansas top finisher in every meet she has competed in this season.Bucknam garnered his seventh consecutive SEC Mens Cross Country Coach of the Year award after leading the Razorbacks to their seventh consecutive SEC Championship and 24th in the last 26 seasons.Harter earned his 17th all-time SEC Womens Cross Country Coach of the Year honor and his fourth consecutive such accolade after leading the Razorbacks to their fourth consecutive league crown and their league-leading 17th all-time.2016 SEC Cross Country AwardsMens Runner of the Year: Alex George, Arkansas Mens Freshman Runner of the Year: Carter Persyn, Arkansas Mens Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Jacob Thomson, Kentucky Mens Coach of the Year: Chris Bucknam, ArkansasWomens Runner of the Year: Karissa Schweizer, Missouri Womens Freshman Runner of the Year: Abby Gray, Arkansas Womens Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Devin Clark, Arkansas Womens Coach of the Year: Lance Harter, Arkansas Shoes From China Wholesale . 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WINNIPEG -- The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will kick off the opening of their new stadium with an Olympic-style run. But instead of a torch, the 400 runners who traverse a good chunk of southern Manitoba will carry a football. "I was involved in the Pan American games in 1999," said Bomber vice-president Jerry Maslowsky. "One of the things I really remember was the torch run and part of that was getting communities handing (off) this torch and bringing it into Winnipeg." He said theyre doing something similar to recognize that the team represents all of Manitoba and not just its namesake city. The run will begin June 22nd in Portage la Prairie and end June 27th in Winnipeg, when the Bombers host their first regular-season game at Investors Group Field. The announcement was made at the headquarters of the Great-West Life Assurance Co., which sits on the spot where the old Osborne Stadium once played host to the Bombers. 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"If you are not a Winnipeg Blue Bomber fan, do not enter to win this contest, otherwise you will be blind-sided by me at some point in your Kickoff Run leg." ' ' '