Steele, a freshman, won two events at the Hilltop Invitational hosted by Cornell College. He automatically qualified for the NCAA Championship in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.54 seconds in the final heat. His time was .03 seconds shy of a University of Dubuque school record. He did set a school record in winning the 200-meter hurdles in 25.97 seconds. It was the first time he ran in the 200-meter hurdles and he broke the school record set the previous week by fellow freshman DeAndre Bovan.
