Cika wannan jumla:
1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ya gan shi yana ƙoƙari ya lashe lambar yabo ta biyu kuma ya jagoranci jagorancin dan lokaci, kafin ya lashe John Treacy kuma ya ƙare a karo na biyar. Bayan ya shiga a matsayin zakaran kasa, shi ne mafi kyawun ƙungiyar Belgium a wannan shekarar, wanda ya zo na biyar a cikin jeri. Ya riƙe takensa na ƙasa na mita 10,000 tare da mafi kyawun gudu na minti 27:47.01. Mafi kyawun aikinsa ya zo daga baya a wannan kakar a cikin IAAF Golden 10,000 m wanda aka shirya a Memorial Van Damme. 'Yan Schots sun yi gudu na minti 27:41.34 don zama na uku a bayan Mike McLeod na Burtaniya da Brendan Foster.