Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - He tino angitu tana wa whakawhiti whenua i te tau 1997, me te wikitoria i nga wikitoria nui o te raupapa tae atu ki te Antrim International Cross Country, Cross Zornotza, Cross de San Sebastián, Cross Internacional de Itálica, Eurocross, me Almond Blossom Cross Country. Ko enei mahinga i awhina i a ia ki te tuunga tuarua i te IAAF World Cross Challenge o taua tau, i muri i te toa a Gete Wami. Ko te toru tekau ma ono-tau-tawhito tetahi o ona waahi teitei i te 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, i te tekau mā rua i te whakataetae roa a ngā wāhine. I mutu ia i te tau me te mētara hiriwa i te 1997 European Cross Country Championships, e arahi ana i a Romania ki te tuarua o nga roopu roopu.