Meet Our Trainers

Brennen Ames grew up in Loveland, Colorado and graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho with a bachelor’s degree in Health Science with an emphasis in Health Promotion & Lifetime Wellness. While there he completed his internship as the director of the BYU-I Campus Wellness Center and focused his training on exercise physiology and kinesiology. He is currently a Level III certified Sports Performance Trainer through Athletic Republic.

Brennen was a two-year starting running back at Loveland High School and a five-time 5A State Medalist in track as a sprinter, earning Academic-All State Honors in both sports and three state titles.

He served a two year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Dominican Republic and upon his return played three years in a southeastern Idaho football league, earning league MVP honors and leading the league in rushing as a running back his senior year.

Brennen has coached track at Windsor High School in northern Colorado and locally at Desert Hills High School. As a coach he has helped develop ten state qualifiers, five conference champions, and two state champions. His hobbies include spending time with his family and restoring classic muscle cars. He currently owns a fully restored, black 1979 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 and is restoring his high school car, a red 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.

He continues his athletic endeavors as a sprinter and jumper in the Master’s division in track and field. Brennen has won state titles in the Utah Summer Games twice in the 100 M Dash, Long Jump, and Triple Jump. He set a meet record in 2018 in the triple jump with a mark of 38’7”.

Allison is from Indianapolis, Indiana. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science from Indiana Wesleyan University and is NSCA CPT Certified. Allison has been an Exercise Physiologist at Acceleration for five years. She has worked in diverse health and fitness settings and enjoys working with all ages, but her true passion is for kids. 

As a former collegiate athlete, Allison loves helping other athletes work hard to reach their potential with a program that is science based and proven to work. When not working, Allison enjoys traveling, hiking, soccer, and spending time with her family.

I’m from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved to St. George 7 years ago when I married my beautiful wife Jessica. We have a 1 year old little girl named Navy together who keeps us busy. I developed my passion for fitness at a young age while playing sports and through college playing collegiate baseball at Southern Virginia University. In 2012 I was an intern for Major League Baseball and later trained at VASA fitness. I obtained my MS in Sports Business and Management from California University of Pennsylvania and later interned with Mike Barwis and the New York Mets. As an experienced athlete and an educated trainer through NASM I enjoy being in the trenches with our athletes and then watch them excel on the court/field.

Mark Mitchell is the newest member of the acceleration team. He was raised in southern Arizona in the town of Casa Grande.  He has since made his home in St. George where he happily lives with his wife and three kids.

Mark loves sports and has been involved in swimming, basketball, tennis, and track and field.  As an adult he has gained a love for running and competing in triathlon competitions.  He has coached swimming and basketball and loves teaching and working with youth.

Mark earned his bachelor’s degree from Southern Utah University in Technology Education. He earned his master’s degree from Utah State University in Health and Physical Education. He has been teaching  for Washington County for 14 years. Mark has a passion for fitness and health. He loves exercise and loves seeing others catch on to the benefits of choosing a healthy lifestyle.

My name is Ernest Quiocho. I'm married to Kaylani Quiocho. I have 2 sons Quisay (Key-sigh) and Qaiden (Kay-den). I graduated from Mt San Antonio College with an Associates Degree in Kinesiology. I received my Bachelors in Exercise Science from Dixie State University. I played football from the age of 10 up until I graduated college. The game of football taught me a lot about hard work and dedication and that transitioned into how I train and how I help others train as well.

Dayna Player Robinson grew up in a small town in Emery County, Utah, and she is a small town girl at heart. For more than 10 years she has worked as an Exercise Physiologist for Intermountain Healthcare and the Acceleration program. She has experience working with almost every type of athlete — from young to old, beginners to professionals, and most sports — distance runners, sprinters, football, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, tennis, baseball, softball, volleyball, golf, pickle ball, and dancers.

Dayna has a master’s degree in Sports Performance and Conditioning from Southern Utah University, and bachelor's degree from Weber State in Lifestyle Management (Health and Fitness). She is certified with ACSM EP-C, AFAA, and SPIN. Dayna has worked in the fitness field for almost 15 years, in many different fitness areas including corporate wellness, fitness club manager, personal training, cardiac rehab, weight management class instructor, health/fitness classes for overweight teens, Step and Spin aerobic instructor, and fitness-made-fun girls summer camp. She loves working with young kids and athletes.

Dayna has a great husband and three crazy little boys that keep her busy at home. She loves to spend her time waterskiing, running mountain biking, and anything else with her boys.

Jordan Pulsipher is from Cache Valley Utah and graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelors degree in Human Movement Science with an emphasis in Exercise Science. Jordan had lived in Cache Valley her entire life before coming to St. George except for two years where she played at Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff Nebraska on a softball scholarship. After graduating from WNCC with her Associates of Science she returned home to play one year at Utah State University. She got married after her junior year of college and decided to retire from softball to be able to spend more time with her husband.

Jordan recently moved to St. George this past July for her husband to attend medical school at Rocky Vista University in Ivins. She worked in Acceleration at Logan Regional Hospital before transferring down to St. George Regional. In her spare time Jordan enjoys four wheeling, fly fishing, boating, and traveling to different MLB stadiums with her family. She also gave pitching lessons to 8 talented young athletes before moving to St. George and she loved working with them. She is happy to be a part of Acceleration and getting to work with many different athletes and see them improve.