Trainer Category: Verdant North

Bailey Walker – CF L2

Bailey started CrossFit in 2012 after graduating college. She was searching for something after being a Collegiate Triathlete for 4 years at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and CrossFit filled the void. She tried her first workout at the first CrossFit gym in Twin Falls, ID and never looked back. The coaching and community kept […]

Jayke Tronson – CF L1

Grew up in Washington. Mainly, a track and field athlete throughout school. In 2021, Moved to Idaho. Started crossfit in 2022, after doing the Murph workout, which lead me to watching a crossfit competition. At that competition was when I knew I had to try this out, and it quickly became a new lifestyle. Gymnastics […]

Whitney Wortham – CF L1

Whitney has been at Verdant since 2020. She started right when COVID lockdowns went into effect and worked out at her garage everyday on our Zoom workouts. She has been incredibly dedicated since then and has only improved as an athlete and as a CrossFit professional. She received her CrossFit L1 Certification in 2021, but […]

Lena Mentyka – CF L2, Leads Manager

Lena is a new addition to our staff in 2020. We usually promote from within our ranks but Lena’s quick learning along with a great sense of professionalism and excellent classroom management made her an immediately awesome coach. She recently moved to Boise with her boyfriend and has been at the gym for hours everyday. […]

Basile Beaty – CF L3

BA, MA, MA CCFT, CF-L3 USAW National Coach Regionals 2012-2017 CrossFit Games 2015 I opened Verdant CrossFit in 2014. I bought CrossFit Acclaim in 2015 and CrossFit Refinery in 2017. In 2019 I opened Verdant CrossFit North in Star, Idaho. I learned olympic lifting with Sean Waxman and in Russia. I ran cross country, indoor […]