On October 26, the Bilkent swimming pool hosted the university’s annual Fall Swim Fest. Organized by the Sports Center as part of the “Sports as a Way of Life” program, the event attracted 23 swimmers. Doruk Kızılkaya (ME), the winner in the men’s advanced category, came close to but could not quite break the men’s 50-meter freestyle pool record (00:25.39), set by Mesut Halıcıoğlu.
Listed below are the top finishers, with their times, in the advanced and intermediate categories.
Advanced (women)
- Pelin Can – 38.47
- Dilara Dalbay – 46.35
Advanced (men)
- Doruk Kızılkaya – 25.61
- Ekrem Selçuk Kangal – 26.30
- Altay Aziz Ataman – 27.50
- Yavuz Koray Özbay – 27.57
- Furkan Bağcı – 29.00
- Mert Bora Erbay – 35.25
Intermediate (women)
- Ayçe Makbule Acar – 57.62
- Albine Yılmaz – 01:09.85
Intermediate (men)
- Alp Bayraktar – 39.36
- Alper Tolga Gümüş – 39.84
- Can Ilgaz Özdemiroğlu – 40.05
- Antanas Kavaliauskas – 42.73
- Ahmet Nuri Alkan – 45.15
- Bahadır Küçük – 46.57