Meet the Coaches & Owners — Alpine CrossFit Wheat Ridge
Coaches & Owners

The people actually coaching you.

Two CSCS-certified professionals write the programming, a former Division I Director of Sports Performance owns the gym, and a CF-L2 coach runs every class. Here's the whole staff.

The coaches

A CF-L2 trainer in every class, every time.

Lisa Arcangel

Coach · CF-L2 · 15+ years coaching

CrossFit Games Masters Semifinalist. A lifelong athlete who has competed in the CrossFit Open every year since 2012. Former collegiate basketball and softball player.

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Dean Weeks

Coach · CF-L2 · 10+ years training

A decade of CrossFit training and active competition. Known at Alpine for empathy and an unparalleled ability to motivate athletes at every experience level.

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Liz Kushner

Coach · CF-L2 · 10+ years coaching

Decade of coaching with a strength-and-barbell focus. 2026 Quarterfinals qualifier. Alpine's resident class clown — the coach who makes every class memorable.

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The owners

Meet April & Tori.

Alpine is owned by April and Tori DiGiannantonio, who took over in 2026 with a mandate to protect what's been built and add the pieces they think Alpine has been missing.

April DiGiannantonio

Owner · CSCS · SCCC · Former D1 Director of Sports Performance

Ten-plus years in fitness and sports performance. Has owned CrossFit gyms on and off since 2013 and competed at CrossFit Games Regionals, individually and on a team. Spent over five years coaching Division I athletes across a dozen sports. Programs Alpine's in-house training alongside Megan Markee.

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Tori DiGiannantonio

Owner · LCSW · CMPC · Ultrarunner · Yoga Instructor

Therapist and mental performance coach. Lifelong athlete and ultrarunner. Former firefighter and paramedic. Brings yoga, mental performance work, and sound baths to Alpine's programming.

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Programming

Every workout, written in-house.

Megan Markee

Programming · CSCS · CF-L1 · 2× Semifinalist · 2× Regionals

Designs every workout Alpine members follow, in collaboration with owner April. Twice qualified for the CrossFit Games Semifinals, and twice for CrossFit Games Regionals on a team. Started CrossFit in 2011.

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