[2] Described as a "phenomenal athlete", she won the New Zealand senior women's long jump title at age 15.

[6] In 1957, she set a world junior record with a long jump of 6.23 metres (20.4 ft) in Auckland – a distance that would have won her a silver medal at the 1956 Olympics.

[1] With Mary Donaghy, Margaret Stuart, and Marise Chamberlain, she competed in the 4x110 yards relay and they came 4th.

[1][4] At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, she was one of New Zealand's fourteen track and field athletes.

[9] On 9 February 1957 Beverly beat the 1949 Junior World Best by 11 cm at a meet in Papakura.