Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Na 1986 Commonwealth Games na Edinburgh, dị ka Liz Lynch, o nwetara ihe nrite ọla edo na mita 10,000, na-agwụ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ sekọnd 12 n'ihu onye asọmpi kacha nso ma nye mba nnabata ya naanị ọla edo 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 ritere ọlaọcha n'asọmpi Cross Country World Championships
na Warsaw na-anọchite anya Scotland (Great Britain agaghị eziga otu ìgwè dị n'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.