Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1997, i te 17 o ona tau, i whakataetae ia ki Wīwī mō ana whakataetae tuatahi ki tāwāhi. I tohua ia ki te tohu i a Kenya i te 2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
, i oti ai ia i te waru. I whakataetae ia i te IAAF World Cross Country Championships i waenga i te 2002 me te 2006, ko te hua pai ko nga tohu parahi poto i te 2002 me te 2005.