Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakangungu tahi a Zayak e Peter Burrows me Marylynn Gelderman puta noa i tana mahi amateur me tana mahi ngaio. I wikitoria ia i te koura i te 1979 World Junior Championships. I te tau e whai ake nei, ka tiimata ia ki te whakataetae i te taumata a-ao. I tū a Zayak i runga ake i te paepae i te 1979 Skate Canada me te Prague Skate, kātahi ka puta i tana tau matua tuatahi
Ngā toa o te Ao. I whakauruhia ia ki te haerenga tuatahi ki Haina e nga kaitakaro Amerikana, i te tau 1980.