She was also a member of the Australian sprint relay team, that reached the final in 1976.

[2] 1973 Pacific Conference Games in Toronto, Denise won Gold in the 200m and Sprint relay, as well as Bronze in the 100.

Four years later in the same competition, 1977 in Canberra, Denise done even better winning 4 Golds in the 100, 200, 4x100 and 4x400.

Denise also won 4 Australian National 100m titles, and 5 200m championships, as well as winning the 400 in 1983.

Her husband, Ray Boyd was also a Commonwealth Games champion and double-Olympic representative in the pole vault.