US Military Endurance Sports

Jay ShalekBriski // Cycling

Motto: “Never quit”

If there is one word to describe Jay ShalekBriski’s cycling career, it’s flexibility. After a successful U23 racing career, winning the Collegiate A Conference Championship for the USAF Academy Cycling Team and racing in Belgium for the U23 pro-development Fuji Test Team, Jay returned to the U.S. to begin pilot training. In the years since then, this Air Force Captain has managed to consistently race 25+ times a year in between numerous missions, deployments, and temporary duty assignments. Jay has embraced all cycling disciplines, upgrading to Category 1 in cross country mountain bike, cyclocross, and road, and Cat 2 on the track, and hopes to continue to inspire others with his example of balancing duty with sport. “I thoroughly enjoy teaching and mentoring and work with new cyclists or fellow racers whenever the opportunity arises,” said Jay.  “I am very proud of helping a new racer and close friend go from a beginner Cat 5 to Cat 2 in 3 seasons of racing.”

In 2019 Jay was the Okinawa Prefectural Road Race Champion, came in first at the 2019 Tour of Miyakojima, seventh at the El Camino 105 Gravel Race, and 12th in the GC Joe Martin Stage race, and represented the U.S. Armed Forces at the 2019 CISM Military World Games.

For 2020 Jay is back in the continental U.S. and looks forward to competing in the Landrun 100, Joe Martin Stage Race, USA Elite road Nationals, USA Marathon MTB Championship, and hopefully CISM.

“Being able is to drive to races is way easier than 24 hours of international airline travel,” said Jay, who barring other military commitments will be joining us at Tucson Camp.