 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Ni ọdun 1988, Bell pari keji ni AAAs Indoor Championships lẹhin Dawn Gandy ni 2:06.01, ṣaaju ki o to tun de ipari ipari ti 800m ni European Indoor Championships : , o pari ni karun ni inu ile ti o dara julọ ti 2:02.70, eyiti ni akoko ti o wa ni ipo kẹrin lori atokọ inu ile Gẹẹsi ni gbogbo igba lẹhin Jane Colebrook, Liz Barnes ati Kirsty Wade. O lọ si ṣiṣe 2:03.77 lati pari kẹrin ni 1988 UK Championships ni Oṣu Karun, lẹhin Christina Cahill, Wade ati Gandy. Ní 1988 AAA ChampionshipsOlympic trials ní August 1988, ó parí ní ipò kẹrin lẹyìn Wade, Shireen Bailey àti Helen Thorpe. 