Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I ako a Kiplagat i te Kura Tuarua o Sirgoech i Iten a i tumanako ia kia whiwhi karahipi ki te United States. Kaore ia i whiwhi karahipi, engari i angitu tana tiimata mo tana mahi oma. I wini ia i te mētara hiriwa i te 5000 m i te 2006 World Junior Championships. I te
I te 2007 World Cross Country Championships i mutu ia i te tuarima i te whakataetae pakeke, i te wa i wini ai te kapa Kenya i riro ai ia i te mētara hiriwa i te whakataetae kapa.