Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: 1981 malitere site na mgbalị Ụbọchị Afọ Ọhụrụ na Bill Rodgers American Record na 15,000 m (43:39.8) na Palo Alto, CA. Malley ga-ada 3 sekọnd na ya 43:43.2 Na Machị 15, na Cherry Hill, NJ, ọ ga-ejikọta 10 mile AR nke 47:02 nke Herb Lindsay nwere na mgbalị na-efunahụ ya na ibe ya bụ Mike Roche, onye guzobere akara ọhụrụ ya na 46:57. Na Machị 21 ọ ga-eme ihe ndekọ America nke kilomita 12 na 35:10 ya n'elu ugwu ugwu na Holyoke, MA. Mgbe ị na-akwadebe maka
1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Malley ga-adọwa plantar fascia ya. N'agbanyeghị nke ahụ, ọ gbara ọsọ ahụ, wee bụrụ onye nke iri ise na otu, na-enyere ndị otu mba Amerịka aka inweta ọlaọcha. Ọ bụ njedebe kachasị elu, ma bụrụkwa akara kachasị dị ala nke mmadụ isii site na otu ndị otu US na asọmpi Cross Country World.