Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko tana angitu nui tuatahi i puta i te 1989 African Championships i roto i te Athletics, i reira i kii ai ia i te tohu parahi 3000 mita. 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 tau 1990 me te
I te tau 1991, ka mutu i te tuawha, ka riro i a ia te mētara hiriwa a te kapa i nga wa 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.