A two time All-American, Kelly Walton Reider had a successful collegiate career in both cross country and track & field at West Chester University. She earned her first All-America selection in cross country in 1998 and followed that with an All-America certificate in 1999 during the outdoor track & field season. A six-time NCAA qualifier, she finished as the runner up at the 2000 NCAA Division II Cross Country East Regional. While running for the Golden Rams in 2001, Walton was the ECAC Champion in both the 3000m and 5000m distances. She earned 10 varsity letters in her four years at West Chester. To this date, she still holds Top 10 times in the 1500m, mile, 3000m and 5000m indoors while holding the second-best career time in the 10K outdoors.
 
Today, Reider is a health and physical education teacher in the Bermudian Springs School District in York Springs, Pa., and is married to Jason Reider, who was also a runner for the Golden Rams.