Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I riro i a ia te taitara rangatahi a motu i te whenua whakawhiti i te tau 2008 ka riro i a ia te mētara parahi i te whakataetae rangatahi i te
Ko ngā Whakataetae o te Ao o te Ao 2008. I oma ano ia i tana huihuinga taumata matua tuatahi, ka whitu i te 2008 African Championships. I tana tau tuatahi hei kaitakaro matua i te tau 2009, ka tiimata tana mahi i te arahi o te arahi me te mara o Europi ka whakapai ake i tana 3000 mita pai ki te 8:49.28 meneti. I te kore e pai ake i runga i ana mahinga 1500 m i a ia e taiohi ana, ka hurihia e ia ona taranata ki nga tawhiti roa. I tana tīmatanga i runga i te hawhe marathon i tukuna e ia he mahinga tere o te 70:54 meneti ki te wikitoria i te 2009 Turin Half Marathon a ko ia te tuawha i te whakataetae Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale 20K.