Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 1986 Commonwealth Games na Edinburgh, dị ka Liz Lynch, o weere nrite ọlaedo na mita 10,000, na-agwụ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ 12 sekọnd n'ihu onye asọmpi kacha nso ma na-enye mba nnabata naanị nrite ọlaedo na egwuregwu. Na mbido afọ ahụ, ọ meriri NCAA National Championship na mile na-anọchite anya Alabama Crimson Tide na American Collegiate Indoor Track and Field mba championships. N'afọ 1987, o nwetara ihe nrite ọlaọcha na
World Cross Country Championships na Warsaw na-anọchite anya Scotland (Great Britain agaghị eziga otu ndị otu na World Cross ruo 1988). Ọ kwụsịrị n'azụ Annette Sergent nke France mana n'ihu Ingrid Kristiansen. N'ọnwa Septemba, o mere ka ihe ndekọ UK nke 10,000m dị mma na 31:19.82 ka ọ na-emecha nke ise na asọmpi egwuregwu ụwa na Rome, n'ọsọ Kristiansen meriri.