Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Nerich i New York City, a i kaukau ia 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 tāne, tae atu ki ngā hauwhā o te 100 mita tāne.