Kevin Ogar

Owner and Head Coach

Kevin is the Owner and Head Coach of CrossFit WatchTower. He is a Level 3 Certified CrossFit Trainer, has been coaching since early 2008, and is a member of the CrossFit Level 1 Seminar Staff. He is a 4-time Regional Competitor finishing as high as 6th in 2012. He is the 2022 CrossFit Games Champion in the seated without hip function category. When he’s not at his gym, Kevin spends time with his wife Shannon and dog Nigel. 

CrossFit Level 3 Trainer

CrossFit Adaptive Training

Shannon Ogar 

General Manager and Head Coach

Shannon is a Level 1 CrossFit Trainer, a Board Certified Athletic Trainer, and has her Master’s Degree in Sports Medicine from the University of Delaware. Shannon broadened her scope of the medical field by studying abroad at the National Taiwan Sport University learning traditional Eastern medicine while working with the Judo, Tae Kwon Do, and Olympic Weightlifting teams. During Graduate School she was a research assistant, worked with the Men’s and Women’s ice hockey teams as well as the head AT for a high school in Delaware.  In 2017 she was diagnosed with with Bell’s Palsy and the virus continued to spread attacking her Vestibular system.  She battled back from her nerve damage and is currently one of the fittest Standing Neuro Adaptive Female Athlete in the world, winning her division at the Wodapalooza Fitness Festival in 2020 and the CrossFit Games in 2021.

CrossFit Level 1 Trainer

CrossFit Adaptive Training

Certified Athletic Trainer

Emma Alwais

General Manager and Coach

Emma grew up in Colorado and has always been involved in sports and outdoor activities. She found CrossFit when she was looking for a way to strengthen joints and stay active after years of injuries from volleyball. Emma Joined CFWT in 2020 and fell in love with the community and has been here ever since. She is a Level 1 and Adaptive Trainer who loves to help people reach goals they didn’t think they could.

CrossFit Level 1 Trainer

CrossFit Adaptive Training

Eli Platt

Coach

Eli first started dabbling in CrossFit 10 years ago when he discovered CrossFit Endurance after 2 years of trying to be a distance runner. He was beat up, and the training methodology he found in CrossFit just seemed to make sense. Just as important was that it was fun.

Eli grew up playing basketball, football, skateboarding, jumping fences, climbing trees and riding BMX. He had to move, and he had to move better than I did the day before. CrossFit, for Eli, is a pursuit that allows me to scratch the same itch and play every single day. “Every day, there is something new to learn, something to challenge both mind and body. Every night when my head hits the pillow, I need to know that I did something that day to make myself better. CrossFit is a ready avenue for that sense of accomplishment, and I love helping others discover that.” 

CrossFit Level 1

CrossFit Weightlifting 

CrossFit Adaptive Training  

Jeromy Sorley

Coach

Jeromy is a native Coloradan, He grew up playing every sport out there: football, basketball, soccer, ran track and more, although he spent most of my time skateboarding and snowboarding. He was sponsored for skateboarding at a young age and continued to do it into his 20s. Jeromy discovered CrossFit about 10 years ago when he decided he was done doing long endurance training and wanted to get strong.

After falling in love with it Jeromy decided he wanted to help others fall in love with it as well.
Jeromy have been coaching for over 6 years now. When he’s not lifting heavy or on the ground dying from a metcon he can be found hanging with my family, mountain biking or hiking 14ers.

CrossFit Level 1 Trainer

i99 Gymnastics

Carl Paoli Freestyle Movement

Rowan Olson

Coach

Rowan has always loved exercising and did not feel like myself unless she had done something active that day. Her dad first introduced Rowan to CrossFit in 2014 when she was becoming burnt out from being a competitive swimmer. She was sick of spending 12+ hours in a pool every week and wanted to try something different. Rowan was immediately hooked and quit swimming within a few months of starting CrossFit. She loved that every day, the workout would be different and there were so many different movements to learn. Rowan also thought it was awesome how supportive the CrossFit community was and how all ages and ability levels were welcome. 

She started coaching CrossFit in 2018 while in college at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she majored in Kinesiology. After living in Illinois my whole life, Rowan moved to Colorado with her boyfriend, Andrew, in 2020 and joined CrossFit WatchTower. Rowan has a passion for understanding how the human body moves and functions and love that she can apply that to coaching CrossFit.

CrossFit Level 1 Trainer

Reed Dunn

Coach

Reed lives for the satisfied smiles of members and clients who realize their job well done after a challenging workout or lift. She believes there is nothing as gratifying as encouraging others to prioritize their health and wellness so they can live their best lives outside the four walls of the gym.

Reed discovered CrossFit 6 years ago and has finally merged her love for this modality of functional movement with her decade of coaching experience. From growing up as a dancer, to teaching cardio kickboxing in college, and finally making her way over to the weight floor, she has a strong appreciation for the way lifting heavy things can embolden one’s approach to life.

When not coaching or moving her own body, Reed can be found in the kitchen, whipping up healthy + delicious goodies, or taking walks with her husband, Andy, and shiba inu, Maiya.

CrossFit Level 1 Trainer

NASM Certified Personal Trainer

GGS Pre + Postnatal Certified Trainer

Precision Nutrition Level 2 Nutritionist

Maggie Barker

Coach

Maggie has loved being active ever since she was a little kid. She grew up in the mountains of Colorado so she was provided with so much opportunity when it came to trying new things. She loved skiing, hiking biking and many other activities. She ran cross country, skied Nordic and played soccer during her school year but was most competitive in skiing. She started CrossFit as a way to get an edge on her fellow skiing competitors, but ended up loving CrossFit the most. The community of her CrossFit box poured into her life so much that she’s not sure she would be where she is today without them. She’s been doing CrossFit now for three years and has recently started to coach to learn more about herself and new people everyday! She coached at StandFirm CrossFit in her hometown and now hopes to continue to learn at CrossFit Watchtower!

CrossFit Level 1 Trainer