Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife ta ne a Sligo, ta yi gasa a wasannin motsa jiki na kasa da kasa tun tana yarinya, tana gudu a tseren matasa a
1999 IAAF Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya da kuma mita 3000 a gasar cin kofin duniya ta matasa ta IAAF a wasan motsa jiki lokacin da take da shekaru goma sha shida. Bayan ya sadu da kocin Amurka Ray Treacy a Ireland, ya ba ta tallafin karatu don halartar jami'a a Amurka. Ta ci gaba da nazarin kimiyyar zamantakewa a Kwalejin Providence kuma ta wakilci tawagar 'yan wasan kwalejin su, Providence Friars. A shekararta ta farko a 2001<unk>2002, ta yi tsere mafi kyau na biyar a cikin mita 5000 a Gasar Wasanni ta Big East, ta lashe mita 3000 a Penn Relays kuma ta yi gasa a Gasar Cin Kofin NCAA ta Mata. Ta inganta a shekara mai zuwa: wuri na huɗu a gasar yanki da kuma na 28 a NCAA National Cross Country Championship ya sami lambar yabo ta All-American. A cikin gasa na cikin gida, ta ɗauki na uku a cikin mita 3000 da na huɗu a cikin tseren tseren tsere. Ta ɗauki na huɗu a cikin yankuna na NCAA na mita 5000 tare da mafi kyawun mutum na 15:56.96 kuma ta gama a karo na biyar a Gasar Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Was