Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te Hōngongoi 2006 i oma ia i te 10,000 mita i roto i te 28:50.1 meneti, i Nairobi. I te tau 2007 i riro i a ia te mētara parahi i te whakataetae rangatahi i te World Cross Country Championships
, ka wikitoria i te 5000 me te 10,000 mita i nga Taakaro Rangatahi o Awherika. I te 2008 World Cross Country Championships i mutu ia i te tuaono i te whakataetae rangatahi. I runga i te ara, i tutuki ia i te 8:00.39 meneti i te 3000 mita i te Mahuru 2007 ka pai ake tenei ki te 7: 48.73 i te Mahuru 2008 i Dubnica nad Váhom. I roto i te 5000 mita i whakapai ake ia i a ia mai i te 13:28.43 i tutuki i te Mahuru 2007, ki te karaka i te 13:11.57 meneti i te 2008 World Junior Championships i Bydgoszcz, i toa i te mētara hiriwa.