Staff
Trident CrossFit is a team of passionate, committed and dynamic trainers. Each of our trainers loves nothing more than changing people’s lives through fitness. Although we pride ourselves on our knowledge, experience and continual efforts to improve through independent study, certifications, and courses, we are most proud of our ability to connect with and motivate our clients. Trident CrossFit is an organic result of our passion for training and community.
To paraphrase Greg Glassman, your athletes will let you know when it’s time to get a larger space. Our athletes have spoken and inspired us to finally take the step to open our own space.
Chriss Smith-Founder & Co-Owner
Chriss is a former Navy SEAL with more than 12 years experience in the SEAL Teams and other Special Mission Operations. He fully understands the necessity of full body fitness and the role it plays in everyday life. Chriss believes that the psychology of sport, fitness and fun play a vital role in the success of a healthy lifestyle. His mission is to help others overcome self-doubt and their perceived limitations, allowing them to unleash their warrior within.
- CrossFit Level 2 Coach
- CrossFit HQ Staff, Level 1 Certificate Course Trainer
- CrossFit Level 1 Olympic Trainers Course
- CrossFit Level 1 Triathlon Trainers Course
- SEALFit Level 2 Certified Trainer
- NSCA Certified Personal Trainer
- USAW Level 1 Sport Performance Certification
- POSE Running Certification
- CrossFit Movement and Mobility Trainers Course
- Athletes Performance Tactical Mentorship Certification
- Competitive Ultra Marathon Runner
- Multisport Athlete
Andrea Seward-Founder & Co-Owner
A former competitive gymnast, coach and USGF judge, Andrea has always made athletics a focus in her life. Her drive led her to become a competitive road cyclist and triathlete, and when she discovered CrossFit, she was hooked. As a CrossFit trainer , Andrea enthusiasm has helped individuals from elite athletes to fitness rookies to achieve their personal goals. As co-owner of Misha’s coffee house and roaster in Alexandria , Andrea brings 18 years of commitment to the local community to Trident CrossFit.
- CrossFit Level 2 Coach
- CrossFit HQ Staff, Level 1 Certificate Course Trainer
- CrossFit Level 1 Olympic Lifting Trainers Course
- CrossFit Level 1 Gymnastics Trainers Course
- USAW Level 1 Sport Performance Certification
- CrossFit Kids Trainers Course
- CrossFit Movement and Mobility Trainers Course
- Functional Movement Screening Certification
- Former Competitive Gymnast, Coach and USGF Judge
Chad Ciri
Physical fitness has had an enormously positive impact on my life. After spending several years in sales and marketing, I finally decided to make it my life’s work using my passion for fitness to help other people develop as athletes and make positive life changes. My clients’ successes are everything to me. The lessons learned from physical training translate into all of life’s endeavors – perseverance, desire, sacrifice, self-control and commitment. These things are best learned in the gym but can also be applied to real life. To me, that’s the beauty of training and coaching. Once I have taught my clients to take control of their physical health, they also feel empowered to achieve success in their personal lives, whether it be in business, sport, love or personal relationships. That’s REALLY what coaching is all about!
- ACE Certified Personal Trainer (5 years)
- ACE Certified Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant
- Crossfit Level 1 Trainers Certificate
- NFPT(National Federation of Personal Trainers) Sports Nutrition Certified
- CrossFit Olympic Lifting Trainers Course
- USAW Level 1 Sport Performance Certification
- CrossFit Coaches Prep Course
David Diamond
As a former collegiate athlete (football) and current US Army Green Beret, I understand the importance of a quality comprehensive strength and conditioning program. Having been deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and the Philippines with Special Forces, the changing conditions, requirements, and elements of those environments demand an equally challenging fitness regimen. CrossFit is truly a phenomenal training program that will enhance everyone’s quality of life because of the solid base it provides for dealing with the contingencies of life! I love coaching and sharing my knowledge as well as meeting others and learning from their experiences as well. I truly believe CrossFit will enhance any person’s life in any capacity because of the wide breadth of skills and practical applications it provides. You don’t have to be an elite athlete to benefit from what CrossFit has to offer.
“The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.”- Vince Lombardi
- Crossfit Level 1 Trainers Certificate
- CrossFit Level 1 Olympic Lifting Trainers Course
- Athletes Performance Tactical Mentorship Certification
- CrossFit Coaches Prep Course
- Emergency Medical Technician
Michael B. Porterfield
Mike brings a wealth of rowing and coaching experience to Trident CrossFit having competed in seven World Championships and one Olympic Games as an athlete and coach. Mike has maintained his fitness and commitment to a healthy lifestyle since hanging up his oar by competing in multiple marathons and two half ironman triathlons. As an overweight elementary school student and former member of Weight Watchers, Mike brings a very unique perspective and optimism in the potential of every person to reach their fitness goals and full potential as an athlete, no matter where they are starting from.
As the father of three student-athletes and husband to a three time NCAA champion soccer player – athletics and fitness is a family affair. Mike is also the owner of Tartan Properties Commercial Real Estate Services located in Alexandria, Virginia.
- Crossfit Level 1 Trainers Certificate
- U.S. Olympic Rowing Team – Assistant Coach-2000 Sydney Games – Bronze Medal, Women’s Pair
- 1998 & 1999 World Championships, Assistant Coach
- U.S. National Team-2003 Pan American Games – Gold Medal, Men’s Eight
- Georgetown University, Washington, DC U-23 Olympic Development Team
ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE
- United States National Rowing Team
- 1991 Male Athlete of the Year Award, US Rowing Association
- World Championships, Indianapolis, USA, 1994
- World Championships, Prague, Czech Republic, 1993
- World Championships, Vienna, Austria, Silver Medal, 1991
- World Championships, Tasmania, Australia, 1990
- World Championships, Bled, Yugoslavia, 1989
Karen Angeles
A lifelong athlete, Karen began crossfitting for sport in 2007. She was soon hooked on the constantly varied, intense nature of the workouts and the environment of supportive competition. The more time she spent with Crossfit the healthier her lifestyle became – physically, mentally and emotionally – an invaluable outlet as life took on the delightful challenges of two children. Karen has recently returned to her coaching roots, which originated 20 years ago with youth gymnastics. Her intent is to share her love of the sport and help others to achieve the healthy lifestyle she aspires to maintain.
- Crossfit Level 1 Trainers Certificate
- CrossFit Movement and Mobility Certificate Course
- USAW Level I Sport Performance Certification
- CrossFit Coaches Prep Course
Emily Porterfield
Coming from a family of coaches, Emily fell right into the profession following college, becoming the first woman’s soccer coach at Christopher Newport University. Leading the T.C. Williams High School program for 9 seasons and finished as the coach with the most wins in the programs history. Emily joins the coaching staff at Trident a year after walking through the door for the first time.
Winning three NCAA championships as a soccer player for the powerhouse University of North Carolina. Her passion for coaching and teaching flows naturally from her formal training as an educator. Now in her thirteen year of teaching in the Alexandria City Public Schools, she brings to Trident a keen understanding of how people learn and what is required to make improvements. As mother of three athletic kids Emily utilizes all of CrossFits functional movements to keep pace with her active lifestyle. She is passionate about health and fitness and looks forward to sharing her knowledge and experience with others in their pursuits for great strength and fitness.
- Crossfit Level 1 Trainers Certificate
- US Youth Soccer National Coach
- 3 Time NCAA Soccer Champion, University of North Carolina
- Christopher Newport University, Head Coach, Women’s Soccer
- T.C. Williams High School, Head Coach, Women’s Soccer
- Successfully completed 11 marathons, including Boston, New York, Disney and Marine Corps
Travis Dolan
Travis is an Army Ranger with more than 8 years experience in the Special Operations Community. After years of working out in multiple Globo Gyms and getting Globo Gym results, he stumbled across the CrossFit community and has never looked back. Travis has found his passion in coaching and mentoring the broad spectrum of CrossFit athletes in all facets of fitness from nutrition and proper form to mobility and rehabilitation. When not immersing himself in CrossFit, Travis is an avid outdoors man and adrenaline junkie and can often be found hiking, climbing, or camping in the back country.
- Crossfit Level 1 Trainers Certificate
- CrossFit Mobility and Mobility Trainers Course
- USA Weightlifting Certified – Level 1
- Hardstyle Kettlebell Certified
- Athletes Performance Tactical Mentorship Certification
- Nutrition Education from the “Whole 9”
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