Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Kutanga kwake kwepasi rose kwevakuru kwakauya pa 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, uko kwake 43rd nzvimbo yekupedzisa muchikwata chaCraig Virgin (anokunda), Daniel Dillon, Kenneth Martin, Steve Plasencia, naMark Anderson vakaunza maAmerican menduru dzesirivha. Akatanga kuisa pfungwa dzake pakumhanya munhangemutange uye akafambira mberi mumatanho emunyika, achitora nzvimbo yechishanu mumamita zviuru zvishanu kuUnited States Olympic Trials muna 1980 uye wechitatu kuUSA Outdoors muna 1981. Akasimudza nzvimbo dzepamusoro pa1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
pachinzvimbo chechi 27 chose chose, asi chikwata cheAmerica chakaita zvakaipa pachinzvimbo chechitanhatu. Kuguma panzvimbo yechina pamakwikwi enyika kwakareva kuti akapotsa 1983 World Championships in Athletics, asi akawana chisarudzo che 1983 Pan American Games, kwaakauya wechishanu.