Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Hawansa a matsayin ƙwararren ɗan wasa ya fara ne a gasar tseren rabin marathon ta Habasha ta 2003, inda ya zama na biyu a bayan Dereje Adere. A sakamakon haka an zaba shi ga tawagar Habasha a gasar IAAF ta Duniya ta Rabin Marathon ta 2003
, inda ya zo na 17. A wannan shekarar kuma ya zama na uku a Paderborn Easter Run da na biyu a Reims Half Marathon.