Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Babilonia da Gardner sun fara yin wasan motsa jiki tare a shekara takwas da goma lokacin da mai horar da wasan motsa jiki Mabel Fairbanks ke buƙatar ƙungiyar matasa biyu don wasan motsa jiki a Culver City, California. Kocin su daga 1971 zuwa 1980 shine John Nicks. Su biyun sun zama zakaran gasar zakarun Amurka sau biyar kuma sun lashe lambar zinare a gasar
Gasar Zakarun Duniya ta 1979. Sun kasance masu son lambar yabo a wasannin Olympics na hunturu na 1980 amma an tilasta su janye saboda raunin da ya faru ga Gardner.