Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Onye isi mba ụwa mbụ ya bịara na 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, ebe njedebe ya nke 43 na otu Craig Virgin (onye mmeri), Daniel Dillon, Kenneth Martin, Steve Plasencia, na Mark Anderson wetara ndị America ọlaọcha ọlaọcha. Ọ malitere ilekwasị anya n'ịgba ọsọ n'okporo ụzọ ma na-aga n'ihu na ọkwa mba, na-ewere nke ise na mita 5000 na 1980 United States Olympic Trials mgbe nke atọ na 1981 USA Outdoors. O buliri n'ọkwa n'egwuregwu mba ụwa nke mba ụwa n'afọ 1982
n'ọkwa nke iri abụọ na asaa, mana ndị otu Amerịka mere nke ọma n'ọkwa nke isii. Ebe nke anọ na asọmpi mba pụtara na ọ gaghị asọmpi egwuregwu ụwa nke 1983, mana ọ ka nwetara nhọrọ maka egwuregwu Pan American nke 1983, ebe ọ bịara nke ise.