Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: He wa angitu ia mo te whenua whakawhiti i te tau 1997, me te wikitoria i nga wikitoria o te rohe nui tae atu ki te Antrim International Cross Country, Cross Zornotza, Cross de San Sebastián, Cross Internacional de Itálica, Eurocross, me Almond Blossom Cross Country. Ko enei mahinga i awhina i a ia ki te tuunga tuarua i te IAAF World Cross Challenge o taua tau, i muri i te toa a Gete Wami. Ko te toru tekau ma ono-tau-tau hoki tetahi o ona waahi teitei i te
1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, i te tekau ma rua i te whakataetae roa a nga wahine. I mutu ia i te tau me te mētara hiriwa i te 1997 European Cross Country Championships, e arahi ana i a Romania ki te tuarua o nga roopu roopu.