Desert Twilight XC Festival Community 5k
About this race
Are you ready to lace up your shoes and show off your talent? Come join us for the 16th annual Nike Desert Twilight Community Race! Be a part of Arizona's largest and most unique cross country meet! Participate in the community night 5k lined with lights while watching some of the country's best high school runners in 19 different races! The first 175 to register will receive a Desert Twilight Community Race T-shirt. Awards will be given to the overall winners as well as the top 3 in each age group.
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• The running course will be partly grass, dirt and cart path.
• The running course will open at 3:30 p.m. for inspection and warm-ups.
• For your safety, we ask that all fans, coaches and athletes remain OFF THE COURSE
until 3:30 p.m. so the course may be properly set up for competition
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Running
5K
USATF 5K
Typical race-day weather
Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Mesa, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:17 AM and sets at 6:20 PM local time (MST) in Mesa on September 25, 2026 — 12h 02m of daylight.
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2026 results — Desert Twilight XC Festival Community 5k
210 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the 5K
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fuzz Brooks | 19:02 | 6:08 /mi |
| 1 | Luke Mason | 15:19 | 4:56 /mi |
| 2 | Hayden Mason | 19:10 | 6:11 /mi |
| 2 | Grant Martin | 15:37 | 5:02 /mi |
| 3 | Payton Webb | 19:19 | 6:13 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
Other races near Mesa
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
The Bob Hicken Memorial 5K
5K Family Fun Day
Sunland Beautification Fun Run/Walk
Hope in the Desert 5k
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- 10K Run Events in Mesa 23 races
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- Mesa Running Calendar 2026 31 races
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, 31 Mesa events
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