Meet the Team

graduated from Wake Forrest University in Winston-Salem. Cassie brings years of experience in the health, wellness and fitness industry to team Verktyg. Cassie previously owned Too Far North Fitness/CrossFit SJV in Fort Kent, ME. What you may not know is that Cassis is actually the brains behind the name and foundational design of “The Swede”. Being part Swedish herself, she brilliantly came up with the name and base design. When she’s not slinging Kettlebells all over the gym, she can be found studying and finishing prerequisites with the goal of attending Veterinary school in the near future. Cassie is married to Rick (the pretty face of Verktyg) and lives in Oregon with their son Keegan and their FIVE rescue dogs. Cassie likes to say she has 7 kids… 1 Actual kid, 5 dogs and a husband.  

 PT, DPT, graduated from Simmons University in 2006 and was the Founder/President of Medical Minds in Motion which provided high quality CEUs for allied health professionals nationwide. He also previously worked side by side with his wife, Coach Kettlebell Cassie, at Too Far North Fitness/CrossFit SJV. His overall goal is to help the health and fitness world improve one patient/client at a time. He’s been lucky enough to train under, and be mentored by, some of the best clinicians in the country. Rick is married to Coach Kettlebell Cass (the real brains of the Daigle family) and lives in Oregon with their son Keegan, aka “The Blender with the top off” and FIVE rescue dogs. Rick agrees with Cassie that she has 7 kids…  but they wouldn’t want it any other way.

NCAA Division I All-American, graduated from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville where as a member of the men’s varsity swim team, he helped the group capture three consecutive ACC Championship titles and competed at the US Olympic Trials. Since official retirement, Darren has kept busy training for various extreme races including the Maui Chanel swim, between Lanai and Maui, and the World’s Toughest Mudder; a 24hr long obstacle race. Darren is the President of Torpedo Consulting, LLC, a NJ based business that offers high caliber overseas manufacturing management and consulting services. He is also a certified car nut and enjoys track time with his GSX-R750 and Z51 C6 when life permits. Darren lives in NJ with his wife Crystal and can be found in the line up off the beaches of LBI when there is swell to be surfed!