On Saturday, October 25, at 11 a.m., hundreds of Bilkenters of all ages - runners, joggers and walkers - gathered in front of the East Campus lake for a run celebrating the 85th anniversary of the Republic of Turkey. The participants covered an approximately 4km course from East Campus to Main Campus.

An awards ceremony then took place in the Main Campus Sports Hall, where the winners received trophies.

Here is the full list of winners in all categories of the Republic Run 2008:

Women's Overall:
Elizabeth Pullen
Men's Overall:
Hüseyin Şener Şen
Women 11-15:
Gülsultan Akkanat, Melisa Gülseren
Men 11-15:
Alparslan Alkaç, Can Gülseren
Women 16-24:
Elizabeth Pullen, Müge Tekin, Dana Andrews
Men 16-24:
Matheus Wosiek, Simon Reinhold, İlker Demirci
Women 25-34:
Ayşe Zeynep Ekinci, Hatice Çalık, Nermin Alkan
Men 25-34:
Hüseyin Şener Şen, Şevket Nalbant, Özgür Balaban
Women 35-44:
Nurhan Turgut, Lerna Yanik, Hülya Gülseren
Men 35-44:
Krisimir Konyarov, Tamer Karahan, Oğuz Gülseren
Women 45-54:
Ulrike Salznu, Meryem Aydemir, Sevgi Uslu
Men 45-54:
İsmet Beşik, Don Randall, Ayhan Sağın
Women 55-59:
Fikri Coşkunoğlu, Arie Ruder
Guest Women:
Mübeccel Ersudaş, Beyhan Sazer, Ece Küreli
Guest Men:
İsmail Çiftçi, Fırat Kara, Türker Nazhaka
Children under 10:
Maddie Keller, Forrest Keller, Julie Thornton, James Thornton, Cameron Bolçer, Yiğitcan Çalık, İdil Ersudaş, Tuğçe Akça, Başak Akkanat, Imogen Randall, Julius Randall, Alya Konyarov, Mark Aydın Hasker