Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whanau a Nerich i New York City, ka kaukau mo te New York Athletic Club i te whakataetae Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). I nga Orimipia o 1912 i Stockholm, Sweden, i whakataetae ia i te haurua whakamutunga o te 400 mita o nga tane
, tae atu ki ngā hauwhā o te whiringa whakamutunga o te 100 mita ā-roto a ngā tāne.