{"id":144487,"date":"2025-08-23T01:14:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T05:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144487"},"modified":"2025-08-23T01:14:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T05:14:55","slug":"mike-budjnoski-brl-finals-crown-2025-champions-womens-rider-of-the-year-decided-as-season-builds-to-madison-cup-fireworks-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144487","title":{"rendered":"Mike Budjnoski BRL Finals Crown 2025 Champions; Women\u2019s Rider of the Year Decided as Season Builds to Madison Cup Fireworks Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Trexlertown, PA \u2014 August 23, 2025<\/strong> \u2014 The Valley Preferred Cycling Center celebrated a packed night of racing on Friday as the <strong>Mike Budjnoski Bicycle Racing League (BRL) Finals<\/strong> crowned its 2025 champions. The evening also showcased ProAm and Junior winners, the announcement of this year\u2019s <strong>Women\u2019s Rider of the Year podium<\/strong>, and a preview of next week\u2019s season-ending <strong>Madison Cup + Fireworks Night<\/strong> on August 29.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BRL Finals Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The BRL Finals highlighted the next generation of cycling talent, with standout performances across all groups:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Group C \u2013 2 Lap Scratch<\/strong>: 1. Hazel Shea (Montecci) 2. Zachary Gerboth (Fitness Central) 3. Murray Kandel (Montecci)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Group B \u2013 5 Lap Snowball Points Race<\/strong>: 1. Gabriel Furbeck (Fitness Central) 2. Samuel Rutherford (Montecci) 3. Samatha Young (Montecci)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Group A \u2013 9 Lap Point-A-Lap<\/strong>: 1. Hugo Meyerhoefer (Fitness Central) 2. Halden Jones (Montecci) 3. Colton Morrison (Montecci)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Italian Pursuit<\/strong>: Montecci defeated Fitness Central<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All BRL Results from the season can be found at: <a href=\"https:\/\/thevelodrome.com\/brl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/thevelodrome.com\/brl<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ProAm &amp; Junior Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beyond the BRL, Friday\u2019s card featured elite racing across ProAm and Junior fields:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ProAm 30 Lap Points Race<\/strong>: Jadian Neaves (TEAMBSR) surged to victory, ahead of Nik Reinert and Marcos Mendez<\/li>\n<li><strong>ProAm Miss-and-Out<\/strong>: Magnus Jamieson (New Zealand) claimed the win, with teammate Liam Ramsey 2nd and Marcos Mendez 3rd<\/li>\n<li><strong>ProAm 20 Lap Scratch Race<\/strong>: Jadian Neaves (TEAMBSR) completed a double on the night, winning ahead of Marcos Mendez (Foundation) and Nik Reinert (Shake n Bake)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Junior 12 Lap Points Race<\/strong>: Christiano Jacelon (Edge Cycling) once again took top honors, with Viv Carlow (Star Track) and Joshua Frederick (TeamBSR) rounding out the podium<\/li>\n<li><strong>Junior 15 Lap American Tempo<\/strong>: Viv Carlow (Star Track) led the field, with Jacelon and Ezra Mumaw (Team BSR) close behind<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>Junior Omnium<\/strong> title went to <strong>Christiano Jacelon (Edge Cycling)<\/strong>, who edged out Elijah James (Trinidad &amp; Tobago) and Joshua Frederick (TeamBSR Cycling Development) in a tight contest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s Rider of the Year Podium<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a season-long battle, <strong>Kimberly Zubris (Star Track Cycling)<\/strong> secured her <strong>second consecutive Rider of the Year title<\/strong> with 75 points. She narrowly held off Jessica Chong (74) and Jillian Halm (Kelly Benefits Strategies) (70) in one of the closest Rider of the Year races in recent history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking Ahead: Madison Cup + Fireworks Night<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The season concludes Friday, <strong>August 29<\/strong>, with the <strong>Madison Cup + Mike Budjnoski Fireworks Night<\/strong>. Fans will witness international Madison teams from <strong>New Zealand, Australia, Trinidad &amp; Tobago, South Africa, and the U.S.<\/strong> battle for one of T-Town\u2019s most prestigious titles.<\/p>\n<p>The night also features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Velodrome Hall of Fame induction ceremony<\/strong> honoring cycling legends<\/li>\n<li>Crowning of the <strong>Men\u2019s Rider of the Year Champion<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A <strong>post-race fireworks spectacular<\/strong> lighting up the infield<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Alumni Special:<\/strong> All former riders, coaches, and officials receive <strong>free admission<\/strong> with registration at<a href=\"https:\/\/thevelodrome.com\/alumni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> thevelodrome.com\/alumni<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ticket Info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>General Admission: $12<\/li>\n<li>Seniors &amp; First Responders: $10<\/li>\n<li>Kids under 9: Free<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Event Details:<br \/>\n<\/strong> Friday, August 29 \u2013 Gates open at 6 PM | Racing at 7 PM | Fireworks immediately after the final<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The Madison Cup is the perfect season finale,&#8221;<\/em> said Jorge Romero, Managing Director of the Valley Preferred Cycling Center. <em>&#8220;We\u2019ll have international racing, community celebrations, Hall of Fame honors, Rider of the Year champions, and fireworks\u2014it\u2019s everything that makes T-Town special, all in one night.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Valley Preferred Cycling Center<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Known as T-Town, the Valley Preferred Cycling Center is America\u2019s premier velodrome, globally respected\u00a0for\u00a0hosting elite competition and nurturing cycling talent from grassroots to Olympic level.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information and images provided to TVL by:<\/p>\n<p>Jake Burns<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trexlertown, PA \u2014 August 23, 2025 \u2014 The Valley Preferred Cycling Center celebrated a packed night of racing on Friday as the Mike Budjnoski Bicycle Racing League (BRL) Finals crowned &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144487\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mike Budjnoski BRL Finals Crown 2025 Champions; Women\u2019s Rider of the Year Decided as Season Builds to Madison Cup Fireworks Finale<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2957,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cycling","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/youth-cycling.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144487"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/144488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}