Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe De Reuck gbanwere mba ya, ọ pụtara na nke mbụ ya na "Team USA" na 2002 World Cross Country Championships na Dublin, Ireland, ebe ọ kwụsịrị nke atọ na mkpokọta (27:17) ma nyere ndị otu United States aka inweta ọla ọcha. N'afọ na-eso ya, ọ bịara n'ọnọdu nke asaa na
2003 World Cross Country Championships, na-enyere ndị otu US aka inweta ọla nchara. O mere egwuregwu nke anọ ya na nke ikpeazụ ya na 2004 Athens Olympics. O mechara n'ọkwa nke iri atọ na itoolu na marathon ahụ, ebe onye otu egwuregwu ya bụ Deena Kastor si mba Amerịka nwetara ọla nchara.