Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Babban wasan sa na farko ya zo ne a gasar tsere ta kasa da kasa ta 1980 IAAF, inda ya kammala na 43 a cikin tawagar Craig Virgin (mai nasara), Daniel Dillon, Kenneth Martin, Steve Plasencia, da Mark Anderson sun kawo wa Amurkawa lambobin azurfa. Ya fara mai da hankali kan tseren gudu da yawa kuma ya ci gaba a cikin martabar ƙasa, yana ɗaukar na biyar a cikin mita 5000 a 1980 United States Olympic Trials sannan na uku a 1981 USA Outdoors. Ya motsa sama da wurare a
1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships a 27th gaba ɗaya, amma ƙungiyar Amurka ba ta da kyau a cikin na shida. Matsayi na huɗu a gasar zakarun ƙasa ya sa ya rasa Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 1983, amma har yanzu ya sami zaɓi don Wasannin Pan American na 1983, inda ya zo na biyar.