Steiner set a national record in 1981, collecting 8,279 points at a meet in
Baton Rouge, United States (1981-06-03). He bested this with a score of 8,291 points, set on 23 June 1983, which is still the national record. Steiner won the silver medal at the
1979 Pan American Games in
San Juan, Puerto Rico. Steiner finished fourth at the
1975 Pan American Games and 22nd at the Montreal
1976 Summer Olympics. In 1977, while competing for
Brigham Young University he earned All-American honors and the
NCAA title with a score of 7,659 points. He went on to win the honor three more times, a rare athlete to achieve All-American all four competitive years. He set the national record while winning the
Texas Relays in 1979, defeating the meet record by
C.K. Yang. He later improved upon the record in 1983 at Provo, but the meet was hand timed, common for all but the top level decathlons of that era. Decades later, hand timed marks are not as respected as
fully automatic timing. ==Death==