Mezue ahịrịokwu a:
1979 IAAF World Cross Country Championships hụrụ ya ka ọ na-anwa inweta aha nke abụọ ma ọ na-edu ndú nwa oge, tupu onye mmeri John Treacy gafere ya ma mechaa bụrụ onye nke ise. Ebe ọ banyere dịka onye mmeri mba, ọ bụ onye kachasị mma nke ndị otu Belgian n'afọ ahụ, nke bịara nke ise na ogo. O jigidere aha mba ya nke 10,000 m na oge kachasị mma nke 27:47.01 nkeji. Ọrụ ya kachasị mma bịara mgbe e mesịrị n'oge ahụ na IAAF Golden 10,000 m kwadoro na Ncheta Van Damme. Ndị Skọtị gbara ọsọ nkeji 27:41.34 wee nọrọ na nke atọ n'azụ ndị Britain bụ Mike McLeod na Brendan Foster.