Kammala wannan jumla: A 1986, Benning ya lashe lambar yabo ta AAAs 3000 m, ya ci gaba da zama na huɗu a Wasannin Commonwealth a Edinburgh. A cikin
1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ta gama ta 20th, ta bakwai ta ƙare a cikin taron. A lokacin rani, ta lashe gasar zakarun Burtaniya na mita 1500. Sannan a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a Rome a watan Satumba, ta kai wasan karshe na mita 3000 a karo na biyu, inda ta kammala ta 12 a 8:57.92.