Photograph by Aydın Ramazanoğlu
On Saturday, October 23, nearly 156 runners, joggers and walkers were ready at the starting line outside the East Campus Sports Hall. They included Bilkenters of all ages, as well as friends and guests.
Rather than a mass start as usual, participants started in smaller, age-based groups spaced at 15-minute intervals; this was in accordance with precautionary measures against COVID-19.
The 1.923 km route took the competitors from East Campus to the Spring Fest area. Following the race an award ceremony took place, with the winners receiving trophies. The top finishers in all categories are listed below:
Women’s Overall: Sophie Ada Boyacı and Marieke Lena Petersen
Men’s Overall: Atak Talay Yücel
Women 11 to 15: 1. Sophia Ada Boyacı 2. Çiçek Mina Eylen 3. Sena Körpeoğlu
Men 11 to 15: 1. Ediz Aksoy 2. Muhammet Bingöl 3. Alper Körpeoğlu
Women 16 to 20: 1. Niyousha Mojoudi 2. Aslı Kınık 3. Sevgi Şirin
Men 16 to 20: 1. Atak Talay Yücel 2. Muhammet Al-Haidari 3. Ömer Fatih Kurnaz
Women 21 to 25: 1. Marieke Lena Petersen 2. Nour Jarray 3. Bleta Januzi
Men 21 to 25: 1. Sepehr Elahi 2. Satuk Çelik 3. Emre Kurnaz
Men 26 to 30: 1. Mert Özateş 2. Furkan Kökdoğan 3. Muhammad İlyas
Women 31 to 35: 1. Iqra Munir
Men 31 to 35: 1. Seçkin Büyücek 2. Sophan Ghalami
Women 36 to 44: 1. Ahsen Küçükdurmaz
Men 36 to 44: 1. Ahmey Şensoy 2. Ioannis Grigoriadis 3. Safa Onur Bingöl
Women 45 to 54: 1. Ayfer Demircan 2. Semra Akbaş
Men 45 to 54: 1. Çağrı İmamoğlu 2. Baybars Alparslan 3. Hüseyin Boyacı
Women 55 to 59: 1. Birsen Saka Tanatar 2. Mina Kuzgun
Men 55 to 59: 1. Tuncer Ağtürk 2. Tuncay İbiş 3. Ersun Türköz
Women 60 and over: 1. Yüksel Dur
Men 60 and over: 1. Bilal Tanatar
Children under 15: Ali Bekir Bingöl, Zeynep Fatma Bingöl, Abeeha İmran, Missa İmran, Muhammad Mustafa İmran, Poyraz Akgöz, Eymer Asım Okur, Hafza Vera Okur, Ahmet Selim Okur