[2][3] He represented Jamaica at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics and placed 5th after coming a close 3rd in his Semi-Final,[4] but left with a certainty that this was the career he wanted for the rest of his life.

That same year he went back to the drawing board for the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships and clocked 46.29[5] to take the bronze behind Allodin Fothergill (46.17) and the winner Renny Quow (46.14).

[5] After his success with the Jamaican team and his mentor, Coach Glen Mills, Steele decided in June 2007[6] to become a Professional Track Athlete for Jamaica.

Representing in the 4 x 400 metres relay he and teammates Michael Blackwood, Adrian Findlay and DeWayne Barrett took home the silver medal with a time of 3:07.69.

[10] At the Olympics he had to watch from the sidelines as the coach preferred to use Riker Hylton (6th place at the trials) and an apparently injured Jermaine Gonzales in the heats.