Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I eke ia ki ngā whakataetae matua i te tau 2000, i whakataetae i te
ko te whakataetae poto i te whakataetae Cross Country o te Ao me te wikitoria i te Cidade de Ovar Half Marathon i te 1:12:24. I mutu ia i te tuawhitu i te 2001 European Cross Country Championships engari i wini ia i te mētara koura hei waahanga o te roopu tino pai. Ko te rere i te ara te mea i arotahi ki a ia i te tau 2002, engari kaore ia i eke ki te 3000 mita whakamutunga i te 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships me te whakaoti i te 12th i te 5000 m whakamutunga i te 2002 European Athletics Championships. Heoi, i arahi ia i tana roopu i te 2002 European Cross Country Championships ki te mētara hiriwa a te roopu. I nga Taakaro o te Ao mo nga akonga i taua tau ka wini ia i te parahi i te whenua whakawhiti. Ko tana wikitoria tuarua i te Ovar Half Marathon i te Oketopa i whai ake i te wikitoria i Azambuja i riro ai ia hei toa 15 km.