Belmont University Men's Track

Harvey is entering his sixth season with Belmont Athletics, and second as Associate Head Coach of Track & Field. He oversees the sprinters, jumpers, hurdlers and multi events. During his time at Belmont, Harvey has seen his athletes qualify for NCAA Regionals, NCAA Outdoor Championships and the USA National Championships. Numerous school records have also fallen during his tenure. Harvey joined the Bruins after a four-year stint at his alma mater Marquette University as a volunteer coach and then graduate assistant. While with the Golden Eagles, he was responsible for designing and implementing workouts for all sprinters and hurdlers as well as handling scouting, recruiting and scheduling. During his time at MU, Harvey helped coach NCAA Division I qualifiers in the decathlon and indoor 800m and three USATF Junior National Qualifiers in the 100m, 200m and high jump. The program also saw an amazing 17 school records established in events ranging from the 60m to the outdoor pole vault on both the men's and women's side during Harvey's tenure. Before beginning his career with the Golden Eagles, he served as assistant coach at Rufus King High in Milwaukee. Harvey, who helped oversee over 150 student-athletes at RKHS, once again pushed athletes to excel on the championship level. In 2005, a student-athlete claimed the state title in both the long and triple jumps. Harvey got his coaching start at Catholic Memorial High in Waukesha, Wisc., as assistant men's hurdles and sprints coach. Over the course of his tenure, he helped the program earn the WIAA State Championship and the men's 4x400 relay team to back-to-back championships (2003, 2004). In addition, CMHS became the team indoor state champions in 2004. Harvey, who earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees from Marquette, was a four-year member of the track and field team. MU's record holder in the 110 hurdles, he was also a two-time Conference USA finalist in both the 60m hurdles and 110m hurdles. A native of Oshkosh, Wisc., Harvey resides in Nashville.

Frye is entering his sixth year as an assistant coach with Belmont Track and Field. Joe coaches mens and womens throws, leads strength and conditioning for all cross country and track and field athletes, and assists with sprint/hurdle practice. Joe is a certified USATF Level II coach in both the Throws and Sprints/Hurdles/Relays disciplines, and has a National Strength and Conditioning Association's CSCS (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist) certification. He holds a BBA in Music Business as well as a Masters in Sport Administration. Originally from Higgins Lake, Mich., Joe developed into one of the most decorated student-athletes in Belmont's NCAA Division I era.  Throughout his time as a thrower at Belmont, Joe was tagged Belmont "Athlete of the Year" as well as the Atlantic Sun Conference's "Most Valuable Performer" in 2010.  He was an NSCA All-American, as well as a USTFCCCA All-Academic scholar-athlete.

Casavant was a four-year letter winner for the Spartans in cross country and track, earning Academic All-Big Ten honors all four years.  She was also part of the 2007 Michigan State cross country team that finished fifth at the NCAA Cross Country National Championships. During her time at Belmont, Casavant has coached nine school record holders (from the 800m and up to the 10K); five OVC Conference Champions (1 Cross Country, 4 Track); 11 All-Conference Cross Country runners (top 14); three All-Region runners; 36 All-Conference Track runners (top 8), 2014 OVC Indoor Track and Field Female Athlete of The Year, Freshman of the Year for the OVC (2013), and one NCAA National Cross Country qualifier (2015).  She also coached the 2012 OVC Cross Country Individual Champion - third ever Belmont Conference Champion (also awarded "Athlete of the Championship" and was OVC Runner of the Week twice during fall season).  In 2013 and 2014, Casavant helped guide the women's cross country team to a second consecutive runner-up finish at the OVC Conference meet.   During the 2015-16 year, Hannah Wittman was awarded the OVC Runner of the Week 3x in XC, 5x in T&F times and she was named the 2015 OVC Scholar Athlete winner and 2015 OVC Cross Country Female Athlete of the Year and 2016 OVC Track & Field Female Athlete of the Year. Over the course of her six years at Belmont, Casavant coached Hannah Wittman to 16 All-Conference finishes, 13 of which have been top-three finishes, totaling 104 scored points during the track & field championship meets.  Wittman finished her career as a five-time school record holder (indoor mile, 1500m, cross country 6K, outdoor 5K, 10K) and a two-time NCAA South All-Regional runner. Her fourth place finish in the 2015 South Regional race ranks Hannah as only the third Belmont female runner to qualify individually for the NCAA National Championship race. Casavant has a masters degree in Sport Administration and is a certified Level 1 USATF coach.

Langdon is Belmonts Director of Cross Country and Track and Field.  While this new title was given to him in 2013, Langdon has been coaching in one capacity or another since 1986, when he started out as a part-time assistant coach.  His initial coaching experience was as the womens cross country coach, but he soon took over both programs in the early 1990s up until Belmont moved to NCAA Division I.  At that time, he became Head Cross Country and Track Coach for the mens team, a position he held until he was named Director. During his tenure as the mens coach, Belmonts cross country program reached unprecedented heights, capturing an Atlantic Sun record six consecutive conference championships from 2002-2007.  During this time, Langdon coached numerous individual conference champions and all-conference performers.  During this time frame, his teams finished in the top four the NCAA South Region Championships on 3 different occasions.  In addition, Langdon has seen his athletes qualify for the NCAA National Cross Country Championships six times, including William Kemey, who qualified a record four times. All told, Langdon has produced 18 All-South Region performers.  Adding to the teams competitive success, they have also excelled in the classroom.  During the 2005 and 2007 seasons, Belmonts cross country team achieved the highest GPA in the nation and they are historically ranked in the top-20 nationally in overall team GPA.  On the track, several athletes have qualified for the NCAA Regional Track Championships.  In 2007, Belmont was one of only two schools (Wisconsin was the other) to have three individual regional qualifiers in the 5000-meters:  Jacob Buckman (14:10), Ryan Snellen (14:03), and Kipkosgei Magut (14:02).  In 2011, current assistant coach Joe Frye qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships in the Hammer Throw; in 2013, Matt Miller qualified in the 10,000-meters and in 2012 and 2014, Marcus Bridger- Wilkinson qualified in the 1500-meters, making it through to the second round each year.  For Langdon, coaching is a natural extension from his competitive days at Belmont where he ran from 1979-1983 under Coach Dave Young.  He was an outdoor track All-American in the Marathon (2:24:50), and the 1982 NAIA District 24 individual champion.  Langdon has been inducted into both his high school and colleges Halls of Fame.  A native of Fairfield, Ohio, Jeff and his wife, Kelly, are founding members of Grace Community Church in Brentwood, Tenn.  They have one daughter, Jenna who is 17 years old and an All-State hurdler.