Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I timata te 1981 me te whakamatautau o te Tau Hou i runga i te Bill Rodgers American Record i te 15,000 m (43:39.8) i Palo Alto, CA. Ka taka 3 hēkona a Malley me tana 43:43.2. I te Poutu-te-rangi 15, i Cherry Hill, NJ, ka whakataurite ia i te 10 maero AR o 47:02 i a Herb Lindsay i roto i te kaha ngaro ki te hoa steeplechaser a Mike Roche, nana nei i whakapumautia te tohu hou me tana 46:57. I te Poutu-te-rangi 21 ka whakatauhia e ia te rekoata 12 km a Amerika me tana 35:10 i runga i te akoranga pukepuke i Holyoke, MA. I a ia e whakarite ana mō te
1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Ka pakaru a Malley i tana paparanga waewae. I rere tonu ia i te whakataetae, i mutu i te 51st, i awhina i te kapa US ki te wikitoria i te mētara hiriwa. Koinei te mutunga teitei, me te iti rawa o te kaute 6-tangata na te roopu US i te whakataetae Cross Country o te Ao.