Bryan Harmon has outdone the success of the Lake Erie College cross country program in each of his six seasons at the helm of the Storm.

As a former participant at the NCAA Division III level within the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC), Harmon's teams bettered their conference finishes each season, most recently achieving a program-best sixth place standing out of 10 member teams during the 2007 season on both the men's and women's sides. In 2008, he oversaw the team's transition to Division II, competing independently as a provisional member and in 2009, the team became an NCAA Division II active member.  Last season Lake Erie posted its highest region finish at the DII level and competed in the GLIAC Championships for the first time.

In each of the past two seasons, the women's cross country team has been named an All-Academic Team by the USTFCCCA and the Storm men had a pair of runners earn first-team Capitol One Academic All-District IV honors in 2010. 

The Mentor native has a strong running history, having tallied seven collegiate letters in track and cross country, as well as earning Most Improved Runner honors for the Tiffin University cross country program in 2002. He was also a part of back-to-back conference track championships his junior and senior years.

Since graduating from Tiffin with a degree in sports management, he continues to compete in the sport regularly, most recently running in the 2007 Boston Marathon for the second time. In 2006, he finished 260th overall and was in the top three among Ohio runners with a debut time of two hours, 45 minutes and 30 seconds.

Harmon began the College's first club track and field team which was introduced in the spring of 2007 and competed at the varsity level for outdoor in 2008. He continues to serve as the head track and field coach for the men's and women's teams which will compete at the varsity level for a fourth season this year.

Harmon is single and resides in Willoughby.

Alex Simko is in his first year as a graduate assistant coach with the Lake Erie track and field and cross country programs. 

Most recently Simko was a graduate assistant at Frostburg State and before that was an assistant coach at Hilliard Davidson High School.  At Hilliard he helped the team to a cross country state runner-up finish in 2008.

As four-year member of the track and field and cross country teams at Otterbein College, the Mentor native twice earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors in track.  Simko graduated from Otterbein in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in sport management.