Ka cika wannan magana: A shekara ta gaba ta fara halartar wasannin Olympics sa'ad da ta yi tsere a tseren gudun fanfalaki a Wasannin Olympics na 1988 da aka yi a Seoul, Koriya ta Kudu, ta gama a matsayi na 56 a cikin 'yan wasa 69 da suka fara tseren 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 cikin
1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships a cikin tseren mata kuma a wannan lokacin ta gama 122nd, daga baya a wannan shekarar ta koma tseren marathon na mata a 1991 World Championships in Athletics a Tokyo, Japan, kuma bayan sa'o'i 2 da minti 58 ta zo a 21 daga cikin masu farawa 39.