Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I roto i te mara o te oma whenua i riro i a ia tana mētara rangatahi tuatahi, i te IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2000
He aha? I riro i a Timbilil te mētara hiriwa i muri i a Vivian Cheruiyot, i whakaoti i te whiwhinga o nga mētara a Kenya i arahi ai nga waahine rangatahi ki te koura kapa. I te tekau ma whitu o ona tau, i tohua ia mo nga Orimipia o Sydney i te tau 2000 ka eke ki te 10,000 mita whakamutunga, ka mutu i te tekau ma wha o nga waahi me te rere pai o te tangata 31:50.22. I whai waahi tonu ia mo te whakataetae rangatahi i te 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, engari he tawhiti ia mai i te tohu toa toa me te whakaoti i te tekau ma ono.