Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau i Phoenix, Arizona, i tiimata ia ki te oma hei kaitakaro kura tuarua i te Kura Tuarua o Mountain Pointe, ana ko ana angitu tuatahi i te Foot Locker Cross Country Championships, i reira ia te kaihauturu i te huihuinga a te kawanatanga i te tau 1997 me te 1998 i mua i te wikitoria i te taitara i te tau 1999. I kōwhiria ia mō te kapa rangatahi o Te Hononga o Amerika i te
1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships a i tana haerenga tuatahi ki te ao ka eke ia ki te 73 o te katoa. I muri mai i taua tau ka oma ia i te 3000 mita i te 1999 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships ka hinga i a Madai Pérez ki te wikitoria i te taitara.