Desert Twilight XC Festival 2020

Queen Creek, AZ

Coverage

Siena Palicke - Top four among CA girls Oct 14, 2020

It took us a couple weeks but we did indeed catch up with Yorba Linda (SS) senior Siena Palicke, who was the No. 4 CA high school runner at the Oct. 2 Desert Twilight XC Festival held on the 5K course at The Links at Queen Creek on the outskirts of Phoenix. This was the second "summer rules" race for Palicke, who competes for Quick Track Club, following an early September rust-buster in San Antonio. Palicke's time during the COVID-19 shutdown of official CIF competition was spent training, working at a pizza restaurant and also locking down her future, announcing a commitment to UCLA where she said she plans to study biology. Palicke has one more "summer" race on her schedule, Oct. 23 in Gilbert, Arizona, before taking a short break before ramping training back up in preparation for the delayed 2020-21 CIF cross country season expected to begin at the end of December and run through late March. Palicke has twice placed third in Division 3 at the Southern Section championships and last year placed fourth in D-III at the State Meet. Enjoy our chat with Siena Palicke. 

2020 vs 2019 Twilight Girls' Times Oct 07, 2020

With the new Twilight course in 2020, we looked at how runners who also ran the 2019 course fared on both courses. We also looked at the best time drop by an athlete (both by percentage and net time) from 2019 to 2020.

2020 vs 2019 Twilight Boys Times Oct 05, 2020

With the new Twilight course in 2020, we looked at how runners who also ran the 2019 course fared on both courses. We also looked at the best time drop by an athlete (both by percentage and net time) from 2019 to 2020.

Girls High School Sweeps 5K Run Oct 04, 2020

Watch Tatum David and the IMG Academy (FL) girls take home the win at the Desert Twilight XC Festival. Related Links:ResultsVideosPhotosArticles