Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - He mema a Parker o te karapu hākinakina a Essex Ladies (nāianei ko Woodford Green me Essex Ladies). I te tau 1983, i wikitoria ia i te taitara National AAAs Under 17 i roto i te 400 m hurdles, e rere ana i te 62.37. I puta tana angitu i te tau 1990 i te wa i mutu ai ia i te tuarua i te AAA Championships i te 57.43, i muri i a Gowry Retchakan's 57.14. Na tenei mahinga i whiriwhiri ai ia mo nga Toa o Europi
i Split, i reira i rere ia 56.84 i roto i tona wera ki te tae i te haurua-mutunga. I tana haurua whakamutunga i oma ia 57.06, kaore i tae ki te whakamutunga.