Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - I whanau mai ia i Beja, i tiimata ia hei kaikawe tawhiti-waenga ka oma i te 1500 mita i te 1995 European Youth Olympic Festival me te 1997 European Athletics Junior Championships. I timata ia i tana whakataetae rangatahi i roto i te whenua whakawhiti i te tau 1997, i te 75 o nga whakataetae o te Ao Cross
me te 16 i te Whakataetae Whakataetae o te Pakeha.