Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tīmata a Lobačevskė hei kaihautū ara, a, i te tau 1998, i tohu ia i tana whenua i te 3000 mita i te 1998 World Junior Championships i roto i te Athletics. I te tau e whai ake nei ka noho ia ki te tuaono i te 5000 mita i te 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships i tu ki Riga. I tana haerenga whakamutunga o te ao i roto i nga waahanga o te taiohi, i mutu ia i te 13 i te 10,000 mita i te
2001 Pākehā Athletics U23 Championships.