Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A Wasannin Commonwealth na 1986 a Edinburgh, a matsayin Liz Lynch, ta dauki lambar zinare a cikin mita 10,000, ta kammala kusan dakika 12 a gaban dan takarar da ya fi kusa da ita kuma ta baiwa kasar da ke karbar bakuncin lambar zinare a wasannin motsa jiki. A farkon wannan shekarar, ta lashe gasar zakarun kasa ta NCAA a nisan mil da ke wakiltar Alabama Crimson Tide a gasar zakarun Amurka ta Indoor Track and Field. A shekarar 1987, ta lashe lambar azurfa a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya
a Warsaw wakiltar Scotland (Birtaniya ba za ta aika da ƙungiya mai haɗin kai zuwa Cross Cross ba har sai 1988). Ta gama a bayan Annette Sergent na Faransa amma a gaban Ingrid Kristiansen. A watan Satumba, ta inganta rikodin Burtaniya na mita 10,000 zuwa 31:19.82 yayin da ta gama ta biyar a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a Rome, a tseren da Kristiansen ya lashe.