Ku qor sii wadida faqradan - Ciyaartii ugu horeysay ee heerka sare ee caalamiga ah waxay ka dhacday 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, halkaas oo kaalintiisii 43-aad ee kooxda Craig Virgin (guusha), Daniel Dillon, Kenneth Martin, Steve Plasencia, iyo Mark Anderson ay u keeneen Mareykanka biladaha qalinka. Wuxuu bilaabay inuu diirada saaro orodka wadada oo uu kor ugu kacay qiimeynta qaranka, isagoo kaalinta shanaad ka galay 5000 mitir ee 1980 United States Olympic Trials ka dibna kaalinta saddexaad ka galay 1981 USA Outdoors. Wuxuu sare u kacay kaalinta kaalinta koowaad ee 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
laakiin kooxda mareekanka ayaa lixaad ka gashay. Markii uu kaalinta afaraad ka galay tartankii qaranka wuxuu ka maqnaa tartankii Adduunka ee ciyaaraha fudud ee 1983, laakiin waxaa loo doortay ciyaarihii Pan American ee 1983, halkaas oo uu kaalinta shanaad ka galay.