Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya fara zama na farko a duniya a matsayin babban dan wasa a 2007, wanda ya fara da 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, wanda ya sanya 97th gaba ɗaya. Daga baya ya gudu a cikin mita 5000 a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2007, amma ya kasance na biyu zuwa na ƙarshe gaba ɗaya kuma ya fi minti ɗaya jinkiri fiye da mai gudu na gaba. Ya ba da irin wannan wasan kwaikwayon a Wasannin Pan American na 2007 a Rio de Janeiro, inda ya gama na goma a cikin mita 10,000 da na goma sha ɗaya a cikin mita 5000. Sauran manyan wasanni guda biyu sun biyo baya bayan shekara guda: a 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ya kasance a baya a cikin tsari a wuri na 154, amma ya sami damar kafa rabin marathon mafi kyau na 1:10:20 hours a 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
, inda ya kasance na 58.