Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Nerich na New York City, ma gwuru mmiri maka New York Athletic Club na asọmpi Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). N'egwuregwu Olimpik nke afọ 1912 na Stockholm, Sweden, ọ gbara asọmpi na ọkara-ikpeazụ nke
n'ọsọ mita narị anọ, nakwa na nkeji iri anọ na ise n'ọsọ mita narị otu narị.