What is Steadfast?

Steadfast is a track and field club committed to providing an elite, encouraging, and transformative experience to anyone looking to improve their performance on the track.

We care about serving everyone who wants to improve in track and field, providing services to youth athletes, middle school athletes, high school athletes, and beyond.

Whatever your desired level of competition, we are happy to walk alongside you in your track and field journey.

Our club was founded on the principles of autonomy, resilience, and excellence. We will encourage you on your journey and give you the tools to navigate success and setback.

Aim high, be brave in the attempt.

Est. 2020

  • Markus earned his B.S. in Exercise Science from the University of New Mexico in 2016 and competed for the UNM track and field team from 2011-2016 as a high jumper, earning All-Conference and leaving a mark that is in the top 10 all time at New Mexico. Markus has fourteen years of experience competing in track and field, and ten years of high level sports performance coaching experience. Markus is also the head track & field coach at Valor Christian High School during the Colorado High School track & field season.

    Markus works to provide world class speed and strength coaching to all of the people he works with and has a passion for developing mindful and resilient athletes. Markus’s certifications include: CSCS, USA Track and Field Level 1, USA-Weightlifting Level 1

  • Julee Haley has been coaching and training athletes from professional to youth for the last 17 years. Julee has unique skills in movement development and has worked with many different sports and various athlete needs. She worked for Movement Training Systems for 10 years where she was involved in training athletes from the high school, college and professional sectors including various sports at Columbia University in NYC. She has been a head track and cross country coach and currently serves as an assistant at Valor Christian High School in the track and field program and helped lead them to back to back state championships and a men's and women's double championship in 2019. She is a certified coach with the Colorado State Association of Athletics and a member coach with USA Track & Field.

    Julee was a pole vaulter at the University of Northern Colorado. She was among some of the first female athletes to compete in the event as it was just added by the national federation in 1996. She is a Colorado native and earned a Bachelors degree from the University of Northern Colorado. Julee also operates her own personal fitness business.

  • Casey has coached track and field at the youth and high school levels since 2015. She competed in the long jump, triple jump, and pentathlon at the University of New Mexico from 2012-2016. She specializes in coaching the horizontal jumps with Steadfast. She also coaches the horizontal jump events at Valor Christian High School.

    Casey helped found Steadfast with Markus in 2020 while working as a Learning Specialist at the University of Colorado's Herbst Academic Center. In addition to track coaching, Casey offers academic and college prep support to Steadfast student-athletes.

 

Colorado State Championships 2022

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Virginia Showcase 2021

Steadfast Spirit

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Steadfast Spirit 〰️

Bushido: Japanese, “Way of the Warrior”

  • A code of honor that embodies a way of living. We compete with loyalty, discipline, and respect.

Styrkr: Old Norse, “Bodily Strength”

  • A term that we embrace, synonymous with the resiliency of steadfastness. We train to fortify strength: mind, body, and spirit.