Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Babban taron kasa da kasa na farko shi ne Wasannin Commonwealth na 1978 kuma ta gudu a mita 1500 (an cire ta a zafin jiki) da kuma mita 3000 (ta zama ta tara a wasan karshe). Babbar fitowarta ta gaba ta zo ne a 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, inda ta jagoranci tawagar mata ta Kanada tare da kammala na 13. An zaɓe ta don wasannin Olympics na Moscow na 1980, amma kauracewar Kanada na taron ya sa ba ta yin gasa. Ƙasar Ƙasar Duniya ta 1981
an gudanar da shi a kan gajeren nesa kuma ta ba da kyakkyawan aiki, ta sanya na takwas kuma ta jagoranci tawagarta ta kasa zuwa na biyar a cikin martaba. Ta lashe lambar farko ta kasa a Gasar Wasannin Wasannin Wasanni ta Kanada a wannan shekarar, inda ta lashe tseren mita 1500, kuma za ta ci gaba da daukar taken biyar a jere har zuwa 1985. Ta kuma fara yin gasa a kan da'irar kasa da kasa kuma ta yi tsere mafi kyau na minti 4:33.02 don tseren mil a DN Galan a Sweden, inda ta ɗauki matsayi na uku.