Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Chiitiko chake chekutanga chikuru chenyika dzakawanda chaive 1978 Commonwealth Games uye akamhanya mumamita 1500 (achibviswa mumakwikwi ekupedzisira) uye mamita 3000 (achisvika wechipfumbamwe mumutambo wekupedzisira). Kubuda kwake kukuru kwakatevera kwakauya pa1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, kwaakatungamira timu yevakadzi veCanada nekupedza nzvimbo yegumi nematatu. Akasarudzwa nokuda kwe1980 Moscow Olympics, asi kurambidzwa kweCanada kwechiitiko chacho kwakareva kuti haana kukwikwidza. World Cross Country 1981
yakaitirwa panhambwe shoma uye akaita zviri nani, achiwana nzvimbo yechisere uye achitungamirira timu yake yenyika kunzvimbo yechishanu mumatanho. Akakunda zita rake rokutanga renyika paCanada Track and Field Championships gore iroro, achikunda mujaho we1500 m, uye aizoenderera mberi kutora mazita mashanu akatevedzana kusvika muna 1985. Akatangawo kukwikwidza mumakwikwi epasi rose uye akamhanya zvakanakisisa zve4:33.02 maminitsi nokuda kwemakiromita kumhanya paDN Galan muSweden, achitora nzvimbo yechitatu.