Brighton Believes 5K "Hit the Ground Running"
About this race
The Brighton Believes 5K is going to "Hit the Ground Running" to kick off an awesome new school year. The Brighton PTSA along with the incredibly generous sponsors will be hosting our fourth annual community-oriented 5K run, walk and kids run to celebrate the start of the new school year. All proceeds will go towards the events, scholarships and other opportunities the PTSA supports throughout the school year in our Brighton Community.
BIB PICK UP IS ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25TH, 5:30-7:30p @ BRIGHTON'S DISTRICT OFFICE 2035 MONROE AVENUE or right before the race on SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26th, 8-8:50a @ Meridian Center Park
**This is a rain or shine event. If there is severe weather, we will notify participants via email by 8:15 am of any race changes**
The event includes:
Race timing by RobinHood Racing
A race-day t-shirt (when you register by September 8th!)
Pick your distance
Running
Brighton Believes 5K
A community oriented run/walk to hit the ground running into a new school year. Proceeds support all the events and opportunities created for students and families through the PTSA.
Brighton Believes Kids "Choose Your Own Adventure" FUN RUN!
We encourage kids of all ages to join our "choose your own adventure" fun run! Young runners can choose to run a quarter mile, a half mile, three quarters mile or a full mile. All runners, no matter what distance they do, gets a medal at the end!
Typical race-day weather
Based on 13 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Rochester, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:02 AM and sets at 7:00 PM local time (EDT) in Rochester on September 26, 2026 — 11h 58m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Brighton Believes 5K "Hit the Ground Running"
Brighton Believes 5K · 150 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Nadeau | 18:17 | 5:53 /mi |
| 2 | Mark Assini | 19:35 | 6:18 /mi |
| 3 | Sam Birken | 20:48 | 6:42 /mi |
| 4 | Dresden DeMatteo | 20:50 | 6:42 /mi |
| 5 | Andy Wegman | 20:54 | 6:44 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 95 Rochester events
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