In the fourth heat over 100 meters Appin finished on August 2, 1997 at the World Championships in the Olympic Stadium in Athens in a time of 14.19 seconds in eighth and last place. Among the 56 participants in the preliminary heats , only Peoria Koshiba from Palau and Tiresa Paselio from Samoan were slower. At the Micronesia Games in August 1998 she won the bronze medal as the third runner in the 4 x 100 meter relay together with Detsalena Olsson , Trudy Duburiya and Joline Harris ; the relay set the national record on this route. In addition, Appin reached the semi-finals at the event over 100 meters and was eliminated over 200 meters in the preliminary run; with the 4 x 400 meter relay she came in fourth place (with four relays). Appin comes from the Anabar district and has been married to Transom Duburiya since May 2002.
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