Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I hanga e Folker tana ake hitori kaukau i te 1999 Summer Universiade i Palma de Mallorca, Spain, i reira i whiwhi ai ia i te mētara parahi i te 100 m freestyle i te 50.77, ka mutu i muri i a Denis Pimankov o Ruhia me Mauro Gallo o Itari. I tana whenua o Awherika ki te Tonga i whakahaere i nga Taakaro o Awherika katoa
I Johannesburg i taua tau, ka taapirihia e Folker etahi atu mētara e rua ki tana mahi i mua i te mano tini o te iwi: he hiriwa i te 50 m freestyle (22.83) me tetahi atu parahi i te 100 m freestyle (50.61).