Alumni Newsletter
May 2026 Edition
Community Updates
| VALMONT SHORT TRACK SERIES Every Wednesday in May and June The Valmont Short Track Series is back for something like its 25th year, continuing a great Boulder cycling tradition. We’d love to see BJC alumni come back out, pin on a number, and be part of the fun again. We welcome back Alumni Campbell Watson as the announcer! | TRAIL ACCESS ALERTBoulder County Open Space is planning a pilot project that would restrict mountain bike access by implementing alternate use days for hiking and mountain biking, expanding the system used at Betasso.BJC is opposed to this concept and we believe it is unnecessary. Trail conflict is low and more regulations create more problems than they solve.Take this 5 minute survey no later than Tues. May 19. SRAM x BJC FIELD TRIP We’re heading to the SRAM Product Development HQ in Colorado Springs on June 10!This is not your average field trip. We’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at how some of the most cutting-edge equipment in cycling is designed, tested, and brought to life. We’ll be touring the facility, connecting directly with SRAM’s product development team, and then heading out for a ride together. |
Alumni Highlights
We love sharing our alumni accomplishments on and off the bike! Want to be featured, use this form or contact coach G!
| Life Updates: Cassidy Bailey Receives Distinguished Service award! Cassidy has been firefighting up in Leadville and recently helped rescue someone’s life from a car fire! Awesome work Cassidy! Ian Feistner just wrapped up his junior year at Fort Lewis College and won a very competitive internship to work (and learn!) in the Exercise Physiology Lab. When not at school Ian is passionate about SkiMo, BC skiing and biking! Makenzie Pardoe, also wrapping up her Junior year at Fort Lewis, won the Les Sommerville Award for Outstanding Performance in Biochemistry, and is doing BioChem cancer research over the summer. Racing DH and XC, and the occasional RR. Local Race Updates: Cade Bickmore narrowly edged out current BJC rider Dylan Haynes to win the Boulder Roubaix and capture the Colorado Road State Championship, with former BJC coach and current board member Noah Granigan completing the podium. Chloe Fraser also claimed the Colorado State Collegiate Road Championship at the Roubaix Bryce Pfuetze gets 3rd at Koppenberg after a decisive race that had our Alumni Jack Tanner and former and current BJC coaches Noah Granigan and Jon Tarkington in the mix. | Collegiate Updates: Luke Elphingstone rode a standout weekend at Collegiate Nationals, posting a personal-best 5th in the road race and 3rd in the criterium. Vaughn Veenendaal powered the effort as Luke’s workhorse, driving the peloton for several laps. Eli DeBoom also impressed with a strong 6th in the road race, supported by Amedeo Claudia’s attentive marking of early moves. Henry Rapinz — with limited criterium experience — was CU’s top criterium finisher, a testament to the value of cross-discipline training, while Sylvia Espinoza took 3rd in the crit and anchored her TTT to victory. Beckett McVoy raced for Cal Poly and played a key role in securing a 1–2 result for his team in the club criterium. CU wins Collegiate Club Omnium for the third year in a row! Luke Elphingstone, Chloe Fraser, and Vaughn Veenendaal all graduate from CMU this year! Beckett McVoy is graduating from Cal Poly and will be coming back to the front range for law school. Kiera Bond Graduates from University of Sheffield! Across the world: Garrett Beshore & Eric Brunner both raced the tour of Gila UCI Race Maddie Munro took third and Bjorn Riley 11th at the South Korea World Cup. Rylie Cahill raced speed week in Greenville SC for her collegiate team. Jorja Bond takes third in the Sea Otter Classic criterium! Natalie Quinn Races the Vuelta and all the spring classics! |
From The Archives
Where we take a look back on BJC history and some of its accomplishments!
^2017 BJC Bike-a-thon, Hayden Huldzinski absolutely loving Bike-a-thon
Mark your calendar!
| Event | How to participate | Contact |
| -BJC Short Track- | Wednesdays, May & June | Margell Abel |
| -Summer Canada Team Camp- | July 3, 2026 – July 13, 2026 | Christoph Cikraji |
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Contact us: garrett@boulderjuniorcycling.org