Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I whakatuwherahia e ia te tau 2008 i runga i te tarutaru, ka tuu i te 13th i te European Club's Cross Country Championships ka tiimata tana whakataetae roa i te 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, ka tae mai ki te 100th katoa. I oma ia i te 5000 m i te mahi pai rawa atu o te 13: 47.78 meneti i Lugano, a ko te tuawaru i te hawhe marathon o te karapu o Europi i taua tau. I whakapai ake ia i tana tūranga ao i te 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Ka mutu i te 45th, ka arahi i nga tangata Potukara ki te 12th i roto i te rarangi (te tuarua o nga kapa Pakeha pai rawa atu i muri i Spain). I te oma i runga i te papa whenua, i riro i a ia te mētara parahi neke atu i te 10,000 mita i te whakataetae Ipu o Europi me te wa pai ake mo te 28:15.44 meneti. Ko te mutunga o te ono o nga waahi i Saint Denis Half Marathon i kite ia i tetahi atu rekoata whaiaro mo te 1:03:19 haora. I wikitoria ia i te whakataetae whakamātautau a motu i Torres Vedras International Cross Country i te marama o Noema. I arahi ia i te tiima motu i te 2009 European Cross Country Championships, me te mutunga o te mahi i te ono o nga waahi hei awhina i a Portugal ki te tuarima i te raarangi kapa. I whakaotihia e ia tana tau me te mutunga tuarua i te Sao Silvestre do Porto 10K.