Kammala wannan jumla: Babban aikinsa na kasa da kasa ya zo ne a
1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, 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 lambar 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 ci gaba da sanyawa a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1982 IAAF a 27th gaba daya, amma kungiyar Amurka ba ta yi kyau ba a karo 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.