Steele starting riding for her local club, the Johnstone Jets in 2008.[3] In 2016, Steele won seven Scottish titles during the year.[3] In late November of that year, Steele took part in the Scottish Cycling Performance Programme, as part of her preparation to move up to the junior level.[3]
In August 2018, Steele made her debut for the British team at the 2018 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Switzerland.[4] Out of the fourteen riders, she was the only Scottish cyclist on the team for the Championships.[4] A month prior to the Junior Track Cycling World Championships, Steele had won two British Junior titles.[4]
In November 2020, she competed in the women's team sprint event at the 2020 UEC European Track Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria,[5] winning the silver medal.[6] On her return to Scotland following the Championships in Bulgaria, Steele was praised by local councilors from Renfrewshire, saying that she had "put Renfrewshire on the map".[7] Following her success in Bulgaria, Steele said her next targets are the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[8] Steele was also named as one of the five finalists for the Glasgow Times Young Scotswoman of the Year award.[9]
