The contact seal assembly for a shaft of a gas turbine engine includes a carbon seal mounted in a fixed position within a seal housing, and an annular seal runner adapted to be connected to the shaft of the gas turbine engine and rotatable relative to the carbon ring segments. The seal runner is disposed adjacent to and radially inwardly from the carbon ring segments to form a contact interface between the seal runner and the carbon ring segments which forms a substantially fluid tight seal. The seal runner includes a coolant scoop disposed in a cavity defined by the seal housing, a first slinger disposed between the coolant scoop and the contact interface, a second slinger disposed between the first slinger and the contact interface, and a coolant collector groove disposed between the first slinger and the second slinger.