Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Kamar yadda Janet Prictoe, Bell ya gama na uku a cikin mita 800 a 1977 AAAs Championships. A shekara ta 1978, ta kasance ta biyu a tseren mita 800 a Gasar Cin Kofin Burtaniya a cikin 2:04.78, kuma ta biyu a Gasar AAA a cikin 2:03.11, kawai kashi ɗaya cikin ɗari na biyu a bayan wanda ya lashe Christina Boxer. Ta ci gaba da yin gasa a Gasar Zakarun Turai ta 1978
, inda aka fitar da ita a zagaye na farko. Ta kuma gama na biyu a gasar zakarun AAA ta 1979 a bayan Christine Benning.