Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Downie wuxuu wakiil uga ahaa Great Britain 1973 World Aquatics Championships oo ka dhacday Belgrade, Yugoslavia halkaas oo uu ku jabiyay rikoodhka Scottish-ka ee 200-mitir ee dabaasha. Sannadkii xigay wuxuu Scotland u matalay Ciyaarihii Barwaaqo Sooranka Ingiriiska ee 1974 ee Christchurch, New Zealand. Sanadkii 1975 wuxuu u dabaal degay Scotland tartankii 8-da dal ee Prague, Czechoslovakia. wuxuuna ku guuleystay billad qalin ah tartankii adduunka ee 1975 ee Cali, Colombia isagoo qayb ka ah 4x200-mitir ee dabaasha xorta ah ee Ingiriiska oo ay weheliyaan Alan McClatchey, Gary Jameson, iyo Brian Brinkley. Isla horyaalnimadaas wuxuu ku guuleystay billad naxaas ah oo qayb ka ah 4x100-mitir oo British ah oo isku dhafan oo ay la socdaan David Wilkie, James Carter iyo Brian Brinkley. Marka laga soo tago ku guuleysiga bilada naxaasta ah, wuxuu kaalinta lixaad ka galay 200-mitir oo qaab xor ah ciyaarihii Olombikada ee Montreal 1976 markii uu dhigay rikoor Ingiriis ah oo soconayay lix sano. Wuxuu ku dhex dabaalay
1977 Horyaalka Yurub ee Ciyaaraha Biyaha ee Jönköping, Sweden, wuxuuna Scotland u matalay Ciyaaraha Barwaaqo Sooranka ee 1978 ee Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Downie wuxuu haystay labada rikoodh ee Scottish 200-mitir iyo 400-mitir oo xor ah muddo 10 sano ah laga bilaabo 1972 ilaa 1982.