Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I muri i te whakawhiti whenua, i puta tuatahi a De Reuck mo te "Team USA" i te 2002 World Cross Country Championships i Dublin, Ireland, i reira i mutu ai ia i te tuatoru o te katoa (27:17) me te awhina i te kapa United States ki te mētara hiriwa. I te tau e whai ake nei ka mutu ia i te tuawhitu o nga tau i te 2003 World Cross Country Championship
, i te āwhina i te kapa US ki te mētara parahi. I eke ia ki tana Olympics tuawha me te whakamutunga i te 2004 Athens Olympics. I mutu ia i te 39 o nga waahi i roto i te marathon, i te wa i riro ai i te hoa o te roopu o Amerika a Deena Kastor te mētara parahi.