 Nekuve Wisconsin yakunda National Championship mukusavapo kwake, Thomas akaramba ari muChikwata cheUSA mwaka unotevera pavakagadzirira Mitambo yeOlympic yechando ya1984. Akatamba mumwaka wose nepurogiramu yacho uye akatobatanidzwa mumutsara weOlympic, asi haana kutamba mumitambo ipi neipi. Pashure pokupedza kunogumbura panzvimbo yechinomwe, Thomas akasiya chikwata chenyika ndokudzokera kuWisconsin. Chikwata chacho chakanga chadonha pashure pokuita mitambo mitatu yakatevedzana yokukunda uye zvino chakanga chichitamba zvakanaka zvakakwana kuti chisatambe mitambo. Paakadzoka, Thomas akabudisa mwaka unotyisa wekurwisa, achitungamirira timu ne50 inobatsira uye achipedza wechipiri pamapoinzi makumi matanhatu nematatu. Akatungamirira vadziviriri vose murudzi mukuwana zvibodzwa uye akatumidzwa zita reAll-American. Mushure mekunge Wisconsin yabviswa mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, akabatana nechikwata chenyika cheUS kekupedzisira panguva yeWorld Championships, achibatsira timu kusvika pachinzvimbo chechina. 