Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 1986 Commonwealth Games i Edinburgh, hei Liz Lynch, i riro i a ia te mētara koura i roto i te 10,000 mita, ka mutu tata ki te 12 hēkona i mua i te kaiwhakataetae tata, ā, ka hoatu ki te whenua rangatira tana mētara koura anake i roto i te hākinakina. I te timatanga o taua tau, i wikitoria ia i te NCAA National Championship i te maero e tohu ana i te Alabama Crimson Tide i roto i nga toa a-motu o Amerika Indoor Track and Field. I te tau 1987, i riro i a ia te mētara hiriwa i te Whakataetae o te Ao Cross Country
i Warsaw e tohu ana i a Scotland (kaore a Great Britain e tuku i tetahi roopu kotahitanga ki te Ao o te Ao tae noa ki te 1988). I mutu ia i muri i a Annette Sergent o Parani engari i mua i a Ingrid Kristiansen. I te marama o Hepetema, i whakapai ake ia i te rekoata UK 10,000m ki te 31:19.82 i a ia e whakaoti ana i te tuarima i te Whakataetae o te Ao i Roma, i te whakataetae i wikitoria e Kristiansen.