Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ta sami nasarar tseren tseren tsere a shekarar 1997, inda ta lashe jerin manyan wasannin da suka hada da Antrim International Cross Country, Cross Zornotza, Cross de San Sebastián, Cross Internacional de Itálica, Eurocross, da Almond Blossom Cross Country. Wadannan wasan kwaikwayon sun taimaka mata a matsayi na biyu a gasar IAAF ta Duniya a wannan shekarar, a bayan Gete Wami. Yarinyar mai shekaru talatin da shida kuma tana da daya daga cikin manyan wuraren da ta samu a gasar zakarun duniya ta IAAF ta 1997
, na goma sha biyu a tseren tseren mata. Ta ƙare shekara tare da lambar azurfa a gasar zakarun Turai ta 1997 ta Cross Country, inda ta jagoranci Romania zuwa matsayi na biyu a cikin rukunin rukuni.