Our Staff

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Specializes in: Gymnastics and Olympic Weightlifting

Brandon is a 2007 graduate of Ohio University and began working as a trainer shortly after. During college he developed a passion for strength and conditioning through competing in the sport of boxing. Following graduation Brandon discovered CrossFit, and hasn’t looked back! Brandon continues to work hard at becoming the best coach, motivator, and athlete he can be!

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Kate has been a certified personal trainer for 15 years. She has worked at Lifetime Fitness for the past 13 years as a personal trainer. She got her first taste of CrossFit in 2011 when she joined Rogue Fitness (the old CrossFit Grandview). She fell in love with the hardcore atmosphere and the idea of pushing your body to the limit everyday. Kate has now joined the CrossFit Grandview team full time as a Nutrition Coach and personal trainer.

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Specializes in: Gymnastics and Bodybuilding

Dan has been hooked on CrossFit since his first workout back in early 2009. Since then he has used CrossFit training as his off and on season strength and condition protocol to help improve his soccer play at Muskingum. In the summer of 2011 Dan took part as an intern employee/coach at Rogue Fitness CrossFit Gahanna under the instruction of Brandon and Graham. The following year after graduation he became part of the family and staff of CrossFit Grandview.

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Specializes in: Powerlifting + General CrossFit Skills

Arlie was peer pressured into doing his first CrossFit workout by a friend when he worked at the YMCA in his hometown. He was going to community college at the time and hadn’t played competitive sports since graduating high school. Although he can’t remember the workout, he remembers being incredibly humbled following the workout. That first workout flipped his idea of training on his head and ultimately sent him in a different direction for his education. In the following months, he switched majors from business to Exercise Science and Nutrition. In 2017 Arlington completed an extensive year long internship program with us at CrossFit Grandview as well as his undergraduate degree at The Ohio State University.

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Katy competed in, as well as coached, swimming and dance throughout her youth. She earned a collegiate scholarship to compete in Division 1 swimming at Youngstown State University, which is where she developed an excitement for strength training. After receiving her BA in Communication Studies, Katy went on to preform for a traveling dance company in Columbus and was a hairstylist in her own Salon, within Salon Lofts. However, she missed the intense, competitive atmosphere found in a team training environment. While discussing this with a past teammate in 2011, The Reebok CrossFit Games were playing on TV and spiked both of their interests. The following week, Katy took her first CrossFit class where she tackled the workout ‘Cindy’ and has been totally dedicated to the sport ever since. Having such a positive impact on her life, Katy knew that she wanted to pass along her love of the sport to others and in the spring of 2014 she became a Level 1 CrossFit Coach and started coaching at CrossFit Grandview later that summer. She participated in the 2014 Central East Regional as a member of Team CrossFit Grandview. After that, she and the team started prepping for the 2015 season by placing 15th worldwide in the CrossFit Team Series, 1st at Back to the Ranch in Troy, Ohio and 1st at Battle of the Boxes in Sterling Heights, Michigan. The team then qualified to the Central Regional this year where they set an Event Record and qualified for The Reebok CrossFit Games which will have them competing at the end of July.

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Megan is a recent graduate from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Promotion, Nutrition, and Exercise Science. Megan's athletic background stems from 14 years of soccer, track and field, and softball. She found Crossfit as a way to fill the void left from her soccer career and has been doing it consistently since 2017. The competitiveness and the high intensity of workouts immediately drew her interest, and she has never looked back since starting. Near the end of 2018, Megan started training at Crossfit Grandview. Soon after she took a position behind our front desk, she eventually worked her way into coaching! Megan is familiar with faces and met most of her close friends here. Megan genuinely enjoys walking into the gym every day and gives it everything she has whether it's working out or coaching. Megan wants athletes who take her class to be focused and give her the same effort she puts into coaching their classes every day! 

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James fell in love with exercise and weightlifting during high school football. After his senior year James was looking for something different and more effective than basic bodybuilding movements and the traditional commercial gym routine. He soon found CrossFit and felt accomplished after every workout doing as much as he could with what we had in his school gym. James was self taught before finding CrossFit Grandview which took his game to an entirely new level. Since finishing school James has pursued coaching as a full time career. James is one of the nicest most approachable guys you'll ever meet! We are lucky to have James on staff and are excited to watch him continue to grow!

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"I started interning at CrossFit Grandview in 2019 after quitting lacrosse and looking for a new competitive outlet. When I started out, I was super shy, knew absolutely no one, and wasn’t sure if I really liked CrossFit, but after joining the L-2 group in mid-June, I found myself in a new group of super-competitive athletes, a great group of people and I fell in love with CrossFit, both as a sport and a community. Fast forward a year and a half later, I am lucky enough to be an assistant coach, helping athletes with specific movements they struggle with and helping new members navigate their first few classes with us! I love being apart of the CrossFit Grandview family and am looking forward to continuing to grow as a coach, athlete, and person!"- Nik

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Drake was a 3 sport athlete most of his life with an emphasis on Lacrosse. After being a part of brine team USA he went on to play division 1 lacrosse at Cleveland State University. During his time in college, he found his true passion was pushing himself physically in and out of the weight room and understanding how the body moved. Drake then, decided to move back to Columbus and stumbled upon CrossFit after his workouts in the global gym setting became stale and mundane.  After 3 years of training consistently Drake set his sights on becoming a coach to share his passion for CrossFit with everyone and help improve their mental and physical game just as it did for him! 

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Brad has been an athlete his entire life. Brad grew up playing three sports but from an early age baseball was his calling. Brad pursued a career in baseball playing at Ohio Dominican University. After three years of College ball Brad was  drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays where he chased his childhood dreams for a couple seasons. After retiring from baseball, Brad completed his Bachelors of Science in Exercise Science and became a Certified Personal Trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine. Brad now fuels that athletic passion by helping others better themselves in the world of fitness.

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Kyri has a background in competitive soccer playing in college and as a pro following school! She has continued to compete as a high level athlete CrossFit for over 12 years including 7 Regionals and 3 CrossFit Games! Kyri has been with CrossFit Grandview since 2011 and a coach since 2012! Currently she work as full time Columbus Fire Fighter and is the Head Coach of our Affiliate Competition Team! Anytime she's in the room you can feel everyones game rise to a new level!