Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I whakaarahia i te waahanga Flanders o Mount Olive Township, New Jersey, i haere ia ki te Kura Tuarua o Mount Olive ka whakapumautia ia hei kaikawe tawhiti i reira, e wha nga honore o te kura tuarua o Amerika katoa i mua i tana tohu i te 1998. I timata ia i tana whakataetae ao i taua tau i te 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, ka mutu i te 40 i te whakataetae rangatahi.