Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Babban babban taron ta na kasa da kasa shi ne Wasannin Commonwealth na 1978 kuma ta gudu a mita 1500 (an cire ta a zafin jiki) da kuma mita 3000 (ta zo ta tara a wasan karshe). Babbar fitowarta ta gaba ta zo ne a 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, inda ta jagoranci tawagar mata ta Kanada tare da kammala na 13. An zaɓe ta don wasannin Olympics na Moscow na 1980, amma kauracewar Kanada na taron ya sa ba ta yin gasa. Ƙungiyar
An gudanar da gasar tsere ta duniya ta 1981 a kan gajeren nesa kuma ta ba da kyakkyawan aiki, inda ta sanya ta takwas kuma ta jagoranci tawagarta ta kasa zuwa ta biyar a cikin matsayi. Ta lashe lambar farko ta kasa a Gasar Wasannin Wasannin Wasanni ta Kanada a wannan shekarar, inda ta lashe tseren mita 1500, kuma za ta ci gaba da daukar taken biyar a jere har zuwa 1985. Ta kuma fara yin gasa a kan da'irar kasa da kasa kuma ta yi tsere mafi kyau na minti 4:33.02 don tseren mil a DN Galan a Sweden, inda ta ɗauki matsayi na uku.