On Sunday, April 26, 350 runners, joggers and walkers gathered at the starting line at the East Sports Hall. They included Bilkenters of all ages as well as friends and guests.
The 3.5 km route took the competitors from East Sports Hall to the Stadium. Following the race, an award ceremony took place, with the winners receiving trophies. This year, faculty members Prof. Yasemin Afacan, Prof. Selim Aksoy, Assoc. Prof. Armağan Ateşkan , Assoc. Prof. Ayşe Collins, Assoc. Prof. Başak Tanyeri Günsür, Asst. Prof. Tufan Kıymaz, Assoc. Prof. Emel Özdora and Dr. Erkan Uçar raised funds to support the education of successful female students in need of financial assistance.
The top finishers in all categories are listed below:
Women’s Overall: Yeliz Yerlikaya
Men’s Overall: Ahmet Şensoy
Women 11 to 13:
1. Eda Sofhia Johnson
2. Aylin Ergin
Men 11 to 13:
1. Yekta Gencay Sevinçli
2. Tuna Orhan Şansal
Women 14 to 15:
1. Kaya Ploeg
2. Ayla Dağ
3. Lara Kennedy Karpat
Men 14 to 15:
1. İhsan Akın Çelik
2. Ediz Aksoy
3. Alper Körpeoğlu
Women 16 to 20:
1. Ayşe Gürer
2. Bilge Ayan
3. Dalya Al-Nuaimi
Men 16 to 20:
1. Onat Mert Kılıç
2. Arda Ulu
3. Yiğit Seven
Women 21 to 25:
1. Yeliz Yerlikaya
2. Ülgen Deniz Ülgen
3. Sude Çolak
Men 21 to 25:
1. Ege Ural
2. Derrick Mutangana
3. Yusuf Emre Derinpikal
Women 26 to 30:
1. Bilge Su Sever
Women 31 to 35:
1. Gizem Kaya
2. Duygu Sarıkaya İrim
3. Beyza Yazıcı
Men 31 to 35:
1. Wickham Catesby Flannagan
2. Samuel Canas
Women 36 to 44:
1. Firdevs Ulus
2. Emel Özdora
3. Nil Şahin
Men 36 to 44:
1. Ahmet Şensoy
2. Alexander Ian Storey
3. Alper Sağın
Women 45 to 54:
1. Mihaela Petrova Harper
2. Armağan Ateşkan
3. Hande Seçkin Onat
Men 45 to 54:
1. Daniel Johnson
2. Andrew Miller
3. John Paul Alff
Women 55 to 59:
1. Bahar Kutay
2. Hülya Atak
3. Nilüfer Bayrakçı
Men 55 to 59:
1. Serdar Rasul
2. Erkan Uçar
3. Mete Salih Aker
Women Master:
1. Zeynep Ferhan Aydoğan
2. Ayşe Collins
3. Nursel Yorulmaz
Men Master:
1. Kürşat Aydoğan
Men Graduate:
1. Necati Can Uğur
2. Ahmet Aydın
3. Ahmet Özsoy
Women Guest:
1. Yağmur Çıbıkdiken
2. Sudenaz Demirdelen
3. Daniah Al-Nuaimi
Men Guest:
1. Hasan Altınbay
2. Ata Akalın
3. Kuzey Torçuk
Children under 10: Talya Nakiye Karpat, Kerem Şensoy, Fihn Ploeg, Cesur Şentürk, Kerem Özbek, Atlas Flanegen, Mavi Özdamar, Arman Akşak, Aylin Akşak, Emily Nil Miller, Halceon Klassen, Shea Klassen
