Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Nnukwu ihe omume mba ụwa mbụ ya bụ Egwuregwu Commonwealth nke 1978 ma ọ gbara ọsọ na mita 1500 (ewepụ ya na ọkụ) na mita 3000 (na-abịa nke itoolu na njedebe). Ihe ọzọ ọ mere bụ na 1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, ebe o duziri ndị otu ụmụ nwanyị Canada wee nweta ọnọdụ nke iri na atọ. A họpụtara ya maka asọmpi Olympic nke Moscow n'afọ 1980, mana ngagharị iwe ndị Canada mere ka ọ ghara ịsọ mpi. Ihe
E mere World Cross Country nke 1981 n'ebe dị mkpụmkpụ ma o nyere arụmọrụ ka mma, na-etinye nke asatọ ma na-eduga ndị otu mba ya na nke ise na ogo. O meriri aha mba mbụ ya na Canadian Track and Field Championships n'afọ ahụ, na-emeri agbụrụ 1500 m, ọ ga-aga n'ihu na-ewere utu aha ise na-aga n'ihu ruo 1985. Ọ malitekwara ịsọ mpi na mba ụwa wee gbaa ọsọ kachasị mma nke 4:33.02 nkeji maka otu kilomita na DN Galan na Sweden, na-ewere ọnọdụ nke atọ.