Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 2011 a gasar zakarun duniya na IPC Athletics
a New Zealand ta gama 5th a duka 100m da 800m events kuma an cire shi a duka 200m da 400m tseren. Da takaici game da aikinta, Pearson ta yanke shawarar barin tseren keken hannu kuma ta canza zuwa wasannin jefawa. Ta ɗauki faya-faya da jefa kulob, kuma a cikin 2011 ta zo ta farko a cikin faya-fayan F51 a cikin Czech Open tare da tazarar 4.42 da na biyu a cikin faya-fayan F51, rikodin 8.81m. A cikin 2012, ta inganta kan mafi kyawunta, ta jefa 12.81m a kulob din da kuma rikodin duniya na 6.66m a cikin F51 discus. Wadannan sakamakon sun isa su cancanci shiga wasannin Paralympics na bazara na 2012 a duka abubuwan biyu.