Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara mai zuwa ta fara fitowa a gasar Olympics lokacin da ta yi gasa a tseren marathon a gasar Olympics ta 1988 da aka gudanar a Seoul, Koriya ta Kudu, ta gama a matsayi na 56 daga cikin masu farawa 69 a cikin sa'o'i 2 da minti 53. A cikin 1989 ta tafi Stavanger, Norway, don yin tsere a tseren mata a cikin 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, ta gama a matsayi na 117. Shekaru biyu bayan haka Melis ya yi gasa a gasar zakarun duniya ta IAAF ta 1991
a tseren mata kuma a wannan lokacin ta gama 122nd, daga baya a wannan shekarar ta dawo don yin tseren mata a gasar tseren mata ta 1991 a gasar zakarun duniya a Tokyo, Japan, kuma bayan sa'o'i 2 da minti 58 ta zo a 21 daga cikin masu farawa 39.