Ko tana angitu nui tuatahi i puta i te 1989 African Championships i roto i te Athletics, i reira i riro ia ia te 3000 mita mita parahi. I whakapai ake ia i te tuunga ki te tango i te mētara hiriwa i te huihuinga i te 1990 African Championships i Athletics i muri i a Derartu Tulu. I tata a Luchia ki te mētara takitahi i te IAAF World Cross Country Championships i te 1990 me te 1991
Ka mutu i te tuawhā, ā, ka riro i a ia te mētara hiriwa mā te kapa i ngā wā e rua. I timata ia i tana whakataetae tuuturu i te 1991 World Championships in Athletics, i te wa i mutu ai ia i te tekau o nga mita 10,000. I te marama e whai ake nei, i tohu ia i a Etiopia i nga Taakaro o Awherika katoa o te tau 1991 a ko ia te kaihauturu i te 3000 mita i muri i a Susan Sirma.