Scott Steepleton
Head Coach-Sprints/High Jump
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa    
High School: Cedar Rapids Xavier   
College: Loras College
Years Coaching: 10   
Bio:   Scott Steepleton enters his 5th year as Head Coach of the Hempstead Girl's Track and Field team.  This will be Coach Scott's 10th year coaching Girl's track at Hempstead.  Scott has served not only as Head Coach but also the Throws coach as well.
Coach Scott graduated from Xavier High School in 2004.  He received a B.A. in Secondary Education and History  from Loras College in 2008 .  
At Xavier High School, Scott participated in Track and Field, along with Football, Basketball, and Baseball.  After high school, Scott attended Loras College where he continued his career in Track and Field as a thrower competing in the Shot, Discus, Hammer, and Weight throw.  Scott was a part of three IIAC Conference Track and Field Championship Teams (2005 Indoor and Outdoor 2007 Indoor) and also placed in the in the Discus, Hammer, and Weight Throw at the IIAC Conference Meet multiple times throughout his collegiate career. 
Scott is currently a 8th Grade Teacher at Jefferson Middle School teaching Digital Literacy, Careers, Financial Literacy and Social Studies.  Along with coaching Track and Field, Scott also coaches Freshman Girl's Basketball at Hempstead High School.  For the past 12 summers he has also worked at the Loras College All-Sports Camp.

Sharon Klein
Assistant Coach-Distance/Hurdles
Hometown: Cuba City, Wisconsin
High School: Cuba City
College: Loras College
Years Coaching: 26
Bio : Sharon Klein enters her 26th year of coaching Track and Field, 10th year coaching the Distance for the Mustangs.  She graduated from Cuba City High School, Cuba City WI, in 1985.  Participated in Track and Field all 4 years. At Cuba City she held the school record in the 1600m.
Sharon continued her education at Loras College where she received her B.A. in K-12 Art Education and minor in History.  While at Loras, she continued her running career competing for the DuHawks.  Sharon had many college highlights which include, qualifying individually for NAIA XC nationals along with a 24th team finish,  2 mile indoor conference champion, conference runner-up in the 10,000m, and was the school record holder in the 10,000m.
Sharon started her coaching career in 1990 at Southwestern High school where she had state qualifiers in the high jump and triple jump .  In 1991 she started her coaching career in the Dubuque Community Schools where she coached basketball and Track at Jefferson Middle School.  At Jefferson she coached an 8th grade state meet champion in the 1500m.  In 1998 she became an assistant coach for the Mustang Cross Country team where she coached 6 individual state qualifiers, the XC first qualifying team in 2014-15, and a 2nd place team finish in 2016.  Sharon started being the Distance Coach at Hempstead in 2005.  During that time she has coached girls in the 4x800, 1500m, and 3000m to state Track and Field appearances.
Coach Klein is still very active in Road Races around Dubuque.  Many alumni can't wait to meet up with Coach Klein on a Sunday to go for a "Klein Run" or help train them for an upcoming road race or marathon.  Coach Klein is very busy working with her husband, Andy, on their hog and dairy farm.  Along with running, Coach Klein loves to bake.  If you ask many of the current and former athletes (and coaches) about her treats, they will say there is no one better than her!  

Lucas Link
Assistant Coach- Throws
Hometown: Dubuque, IA
High School: Hempstead High School
College: Loras College
Years Coaching: 
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