Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - O nwere oge ịga nke ọma na cross country na 1997, na-ewere usoro nke mmeri sekit dị elu gụnyere Antrim International Cross Country, Cross Zornotza, Cross de San Sebastián, Cross Internacional de Itálica, Eurocross, na Almond Blossom Cross Country. Ihe ngosi ndị a nyeere ya aka ịnọ n'ọnọdụ nke abụọ na IAAF World Cross Challenge nke afọ ahụ, n'azụ onye mmeri Gete Wami. Nwanyị a dị afọ iri atọ na isii nwekwara otu n'ime ebe kachasị elu ya na 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, bụ onye nke iri na abụọ n'ọsọ ogologo ụmụnwaanyị. Ọ mechiri afọ ahụ na ọla ọcha na 1997 European Cross Country Championship, na-eduga Romania na nke abụọ na ọkwa otu.