Tuhia he tohumate mo tenei whitianga - I whakataetae ia i runga i te ara raumati o Amerika o nga whakataetae huarahi i te tau 1992 ka tuu ki roto i nga mea e toru i te Cascade Run Off, Peachtree Road Race, Utica Boilermaker me Bix 7 Road Race. I wikitoria hoki ia i te haurua o te Parkersburg Half Marathon i te wa pai mo ia mo te 62:34 meneti. I te tau e whai ake nei, ko ia te tuatoru i te hawhe marathon o Hastings me te Humarathon, engari ko te hokinga ki te United States he iti ake te angitu. Ko etahi atu wikitoria haurua marathon i Parkersburg me Orlando, Florida i kite ia i a ia i tohua mo Kenya mo te 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
He aha? I tutuki i a ia te roa o te 61:01 meneti, ahakoa kaore i tino kawea mai he mētara ki a ia, ko te wha o nga waahi i arahi i te roopu Kenyan o Shem Kororia me Andrew Masai ki te taitara roopu. I te mutunga o taua tau, ko ia te kaihauturu i te Arturo Barrios Invitational me te tuatoru i te Tulsa Run.