Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - He pai te mahi a ngā Pōtiki i te ara whakawhiti whenua i te tīmatanga o te 1980. Ko ia te tuawha i te 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
ā, i ārahi ia i te kapa Belgium ki ngā mētara parahi. I toa ia i te European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country taitara i taua tau, me R.F.C. Liège e patu ana i a Sporting Lisbon ki te taitara. Na te whara o Achilles i taua wa ano i whakakorea ia i te whakataetae Olympic, i te mea i ngaro ia i nga Taakaro o Moscow i te tau 1980.