Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tīmata te mahi hākinakina nui a Garcia i te mea e tata ana ia ki te toru tekau. I rongonui tuatahi ia me te mētara koura i te 5000 mita i nga Taakaro Mediterranean i Bari i te tau 1997. I te tau e whai ake nei ka mutu ia i te 19 i te whakataetae poto i te
1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ka mutu i te 49th i te 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. I te 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships i oma ia i te reanga roa ka tu i te 29th. Kaore ia i tohu mo te 5000 mita whakamutunga i te 1999 World Championships me te 2000 Olympics, engari i te tuawha i te 5000 mita i te 2001 World Championships a i te tau e whai ake nei ka riro ia hei toa 5000 mita Pakeha i te 2002 European Athletics Championships.