Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I tiimata ia ki te anga whakamua i te oma whenua, i te tango i te parahi rangatahi i te 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships i mua i te awhina i a Etiopia ki te hiriwa roopu i te putanga 1998
kātahi ko te koura ā-rōpū me te wha o ngā tūranga i te whakataetae roa i te 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. I mutu ia i te tuatoru i te 1999 <unk> 2000 IAAF World Cross Challenge. Ko te wahi tuaiwa i te whakataetae o te Ao 2000 i kawe mai i tetahi atu koura kapa mo Etiopia.