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Epic Gymnastics
Our Story
Dave & Tonya Grotepas founded Epic Training Center in 2009 in a small facility in Murray, Utah. Our founders leveraged everything they owned to build a business focused on helping children develop the skills necessary to achieve excellence early in life. The response from the surrounding community was so positive that within a few years we were breaking ground on the state-of-the-art facility we operate in today.
Epic Training Center was born from Dave & Tonya’s passion for philosophy, personal development, and teaching. We strongly believe that challenging physical activities are the best way for children to become confident, resilient, and strong individuals early on. As our students commit themselves to their goals, they will be faced with mental and physical obstacles that will help them understand themselves, confront their perceived limitations, and push beyond them to achieve personal excellence.
Our mission is to support our students through this life changing process. We are continually searching for ways to innovate and striving to refine our skills in order to maximize results. It is truly fulfilling to see our students conquer their fears, overcome their struggles, and realize their potential.
Meet Our Team
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Dave has experience in Management, marketing, business, IT, art, and design. He is passionate about creating an environment that empowers Epic's students and staff to develop and improve themselves. In his free time he also enjoys competing in shooting sports and loves motorcycles.
Tonya has been coaching recreational and competitive gymnastics for the last 25 years. She has held positions such as Gym Manager, Team Director, Talented Opportunities Program (TOPS) Manager, Developmental Program Manager, and Assistant Program Manager. Over the past 15 years she has trained gymnasts from tiny tots to level 10. She is USAG safety certified; and has attended Utah and National Gymnastics Congress, an annual training seminar for coaches, and several developmental camps at the national training center. Tonya also trained as a gymnast in competitive gymnastics from 1987 to 1996 reaching Level 10 status, winning state and regional titles.
Bret has worked as a competitive girls gymnastics coach for over 4 years and has worked with kids for over 10. He loves to be involved in a variety of things, including working with his hands, organizing, building community, and helping others improve. He spends his free time mountain biking, skateboarding, surfing, working on his house and playing with his dog; a husky named Kitty.
Candice has been working at Epic for more than 8 years and has had a variety of roles during that time. She uses her creativity and leadership skills to help make gymnastics fun for the coaches and the kids. She did gymnastics herself for more than 7 years, competing for 2 of those years. She likes to spend her free time writing music for her band, hanging out with her cat Remy, and browsing thrift stores for vintage items.
Ashley has been at Epic Gymnastics as both a coach and a gymnast! She competed level 6 and her favorite event is Beam. She is currently attending college, majoring in Biology to study Zoology. In her spare time she likes to watch movies and hang out with her friends, family and 3 dogs.
Alexis loves to work with kids and has enjoyed tumbling for over 10 years. When she is not at Epic, she spends time with her family and friends at concerts and arcades and being outdoors doing things like biking, hiking and camping. Alexis loves to dance and has been part of the dance community for over 20 years.
Sheila is a school teacher during the day and has been teaching for 17 years! She has danced several styles most of her life, including Jazz, Ballet, Modern and Tap, and she still performs and competes in Clogging/Power Tap. She also competes in archery. She did gymnastics as a child and has a daughter who competed in gymnastics. In her free time she likes to paint using water colors and acrylics. Sheila is busy!
Faith has been coaching at Epic for over two years. Before she was a coach, Faith was a gymnast at Epic for five years. Her favorite skill to do is a roundoff back-handspring. In her spare time she enjoys photography, writing, watching movies, and spending time with her family.
Ariel was born and raised in Chicago, IL and is a former level 6 gymnast from Northwest Turners. She has Bachelor's Degrees in Education and Business and has spent over 15 years in leadership positions in educational, business and sports settings. She has a depth of sports coaching due to experience in dance, track and hockey, and she is passionate about learning, development, health and fitness. She believes gymnastics is a challenging sport, but that it should also be fun and she is eager to help children reach their potential and achieve their dreams. Ariel believes that both the sport of gymnastics and her gymnastics coaches have left an imprint on her heart and she loves the opportunity to pay it forward and make a difference in a child's life.
Carissa has been at Epic not only as a coach, but she also competed as a Gold level gymnast in the Xcel program! She is passionate about building confidence in each individual which is what she strives to do with every gymnast she coaches. Her hobbies include being outside doing things like paddle boarding, hanging out in her hammock and spending time with her dogs Suki and May. She is a Master Esthetician and enjoys doing lashes, waxing, and teeth whitening. We love having Carissa at our gym!
Eveny has been at Epic for 10 years as both a competitive gymnast and a coach at Epic Gymnastics! She competed at the Gold level and was amazing at Vault. Her favorite thing to do is go on hikes.
-Likes the Ninja Turtles (Leo)
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