Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I haere a Hulst ki te Kura Tuarua o Laguna Beach, i reira ia i oma ai i te whenua me te rere. I te timatanga, i whakaaro ia ki te purei tēnehi, engari i angitu ia i tana wa tuatahi o te whenua whakawhiti ka haere tonu mai i reira, ka rere i te 2-maera i te 9:04.6 (min: sec) hei tau hou. I Laguna Beach HS, ko tana kaiwhakaako ko Len Miller, i whai i te kaupapa whakangungu-nui-mileage i nga tau 1970 ka whakangungu i a Hulst i UC-Irvine. He mea maumahara a Hulst ki te hapori rere mo tana kaupapa whakangungu nui. I te 15 o ona tau, ka eke a Hulst ki te 100 maero i ia wiki o te whakangungu, a ka ara ake ia i te 5:00 AM ki te rere i waenga i te 10 me te 13 maero i mua i te tiimata o nga akomanga i te 8:30. Ka tiimata ana tana hikoi o te ata mai i Emerald Bay ki Corona del Mar me te hoki mai, a he maha nga wa ka mau ia i te koti mata 10-pauna. I te wa o tana mahi kura tuarua, i puta he whakataetae whakataetae i waenga i a Hulst me Loara High School standout Ralph Serna. I te 1974 National Postal cross country meet, ko Hulst te tuarua i roto i te mara o nga kaiwhakataetae kura tuarua pai rawa atu o te whenua, kei muri noa atu i a Serna. Ko tana wikitoria tino rongonui i te kura tuarua i te 1975 California Interscholastic Federation state 2-mile championship race, i mutu ai ia i te waahi tuatahi i roto i te wa rekoata o te kura tuarua o te kawanatanga 8:44.9 i mua o Serna; i mutu nga mea e rua i raro i te rekoata a Rich Kimball 8:46.6 i whakaturia i te hui o te tau o mua. I tana tau whakamutunga o te kura tuarua, i karangatia a Hulst ki te kapa ā-motu o U.S. mō te
1976 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, i wikitoria ai ia i te whakataetae rangatahi a nga taane. Ko te hua, i puta ia i runga i te pikitia i runga i te taupoki o te putanga o Mei 1976 o "Runner's World". I whakaaweahia e Dave Wottle, i mau a Hulst i te potae i a ia e whakataetae ana i te kura tuarua. I roto i te wa o taua tau, i heke iho ia i tana CIF-SS me te rekoata 2-maero o te kawanatanga ki te 8:44.6 i te CIF-SS Masters Meet ka wikitoria i tana toa tuarua o te kawanatanga i roto i te kaupapa.