Steve (1952-2016) and Dona Reeder Cross Country Course
Steven Todd Reeder was born on September 4, 1952, in Brigham City, Utah. As a boy, Steve worked in his dad’s cherry orchard and on his uncle’s farm in Box Elder. He graduated from Box Elder High School in 1970. After a semester at Brigham Young University-Hawaii, Steve received a call to serve a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mission in the state of Oregon. Upon his return, he attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He married Dona Jean Anderson on August 15, 1974.
Steve received his teaching degree in physical education and English, teaching in Duchesne, Utah for a year before accepting a position at Mount Logan Middle School in Logan, where he would to teach for 32 years. In 1987, Steve received a master’s from Utah State University in exercise science. During his time as a middle school teacher, Steve took a job as an assistant track coach at Utah State University, where he coached and trained the men’s and women’s distance track and cross-country teams for the next 35 years.
In 2002, Steve was nominated to be an Olympic Torch bearer and was honored to carry the torch out of the Spectrum after a ceremony celebrating the event.
*Note: All bios are current and up-to-date as of Summer 2022.