Ka kammala wannan magana: A Wasannin Olympics na shekara ta 1984 a Los Angeles, Brownsdon ya kai wasan ƙarshe na tseren mita 200 a tsere ta ƙirji, kuma ya zama na bakwai. A cikin bazara na 1985, ta lashe lambar yabo ta US Short Course 200-mita. Daga nan ta ci gaba da zama ta bakwai a duka tseren mita 100 da na mita 200 a gasar zakarun Turai ta 1985. Ta rasa lambobin yabo na mutum guda don Ingila a Wasannin Commonwealth na 1986, ta kammala na huɗu a tseren mita 100 da na biyar a tseren mita 200. Ta yi, duk da haka, ta lashe lambar zinare a tseren tseren mita 4x100, tare da Caroline Cooper, Nicola Fibbens da Simone Hindmarsh. Ta sake kaiwa wasan karshe na mutum biyu a gasar
Gasar Zakarun Turai ta 1987, ta kammala ta biyar a tseren mita 100 da ta takwas a tseren mita 200.