Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whiwhi ia i ana whiringa a-ao tuatahi i te tau e whai ake nei, i te whakataetae IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2008 me te IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2008
He aha? I tino whakapai ake ia i ona waa i te tau 2009, tae atu ki te 5000 m whaiaro pai o te 13:44.22 meneti i te hui Yellow Pages Durban me te 10,000 m ara pai o 28:48.73 meneti. I wikitoria ia i te taitara a motu 10,000 m i te Poutu-te-rangi, a, ka mutu i te 32 o nga waahi i te IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2009. I pai ake hoki ia i runga i nga rori, i te tango i nga taitara 10K me te hawhe marathon a-motu me nga pai o te 28:21 min me te 61:26 min. I te mea kua wikitoria ia i te Two Oceans Half Marathon i mua ake o taua tau, i whakapumautia ia hei kaiwhakataetae taumata teitei i te IAAF World Half Marathon Championships i te tau 2009 ma te haere mai ki te tuawaru. I te 10 maero o te Great South Run i Ingarangi, ka mutu ki te whakaoti i waenga i a Mo Farah me ia ano. Ahakoa i ngaro ia i te rua o te hēkona, i whakaturia e ia he rekoata o Awherika ki te Tonga mo te 46:26 meneti mo te tawhiti.