Alcorn to host Brave Hearts 5K Run, Walk and Health Fair on Saturday
WHAT: Alcorn State University is hosting its first ever Brave Hearts 5K Run/Walk/ 1 Mile Fun Run and Health Fair to bring attention to obesity as a disease and its disproportionate affect on Mississippians. The event also serves as a fundraiser for the Alcorn Men's and Women's Track & Field programs.
WHEN: Saturday August 31, 2013 - 7:00 a.m.
WHO: Alcorn State University
WHERE: Alcorn State University’s Lorman campus, front entrance of Dr. Clinton Bristow Jr. Dining Facility
Registration will begin at 7:00 a.m. at the front entrance of Dr. Clinton Bristow Jr. Dining Facility followed by the opening ceremony. The race will take off at 8:00 a.m.
Entry fees for the event are: $20 for pre-race registrants, $25 for race-day registrants, $5 for students, and $10 for one-mile runners. All pre-registrants will receive one free T-shirt, and all runners/walkers will receive one entry voucher to the Alcorn State vs. Edward Waters football game that will take place Saturday, August 31, at 4:00 p.m.
For more information, please contact Coach Garry Lewis at 601.877.6503 or glewis1@alcorn.edu , and Jeremy Mason at 601.877.6114 or jmason@alcorn.edu . To register, visit www.alcorn.edu .
-ALCORN-
Alcorn State University is a premier comprehensive land-grant university that develops diverse students into globally-competitive leaders, and applies scientific research through collaborative partnerships that benefit the surrounding communities, state, nation, and world.
WHEN: Saturday August 31, 2013 - 7:00 a.m.
WHO: Alcorn State University
WHERE: Alcorn State University’s Lorman campus, front entrance of Dr. Clinton Bristow Jr. Dining Facility
Registration will begin at 7:00 a.m. at the front entrance of Dr. Clinton Bristow Jr. Dining Facility followed by the opening ceremony. The race will take off at 8:00 a.m.
Entry fees for the event are: $20 for pre-race registrants, $25 for race-day registrants, $5 for students, and $10 for one-mile runners. All pre-registrants will receive one free T-shirt, and all runners/walkers will receive one entry voucher to the Alcorn State vs. Edward Waters football game that will take place Saturday, August 31, at 4:00 p.m.
For more information, please contact Coach Garry Lewis at 601.877.6503 or glewis1@alcorn.edu , and Jeremy Mason at 601.877.6114 or jmason@alcorn.edu . To register, visit www.alcorn.edu .
-ALCORN-
Alcorn State University is a premier comprehensive land-grant university that develops diverse students into globally-competitive leaders, and applies scientific research through collaborative partnerships that benefit the surrounding communities, state, nation, and world.
