[2] She first came to prominence as a cross-country runner, finishing second to Angela Tooby at the 1988 UK world cross country trial, ahead of Zola Budd.

At the Seoul Olympics in September, she was eliminated in her heat, running 8:57.28[4] Hunter finished in the top ten at both the 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Stavanger and the 1989 World 15km Road Race Championships in Rio de Janeiro, placing seventh and sixth respectively.

In July she ran 48:19 for 15 km on the roads, which at the time, ranked her sixth on the world all-time list.

[9] After struggling with injuries, Hunter returned to win her second AAAs 10,000 m title in 1995 and earn selection for the World Championships in Gothenburg, where she finished 15th in the 10,000 metres final.

Hunter married Danny Boltz, a Swiss-born Australian distance runner, who represented Switzerland at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in the Marathon.