Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Mafi kyawun sirri na 45.76 seconds don 400 m ya buɗe kakar Cisneros ta 2009, amma a wannan lokacin ne ya fara mai da hankali kan taron 400 m hurdling. Ya gudu mafi kyau na 49.49 seconds don lashe zinare a Wasannin ALBA na 2009 kuma ya kuma taimaka wajen kare taken relay na Cuba. A Gidan Tunawa da Barrientos ya inganta mafi kyawunsa da kusan rabin na biyu, yana yin sa'a na 48.87 seconds don zama ɗan Cuba na biyu a ƙarƙashin dakika 49 bayan Yacnier Luis. Ya kasance dan kadan daga wannan tsari a watan Yuli na 2009 na Amurka ta Tsakiya da Caribbean Championships a Wasanni
, inda ya gama a matsayi na huɗu, amma ya ci lambar zinare a jere don Cuba a gasar. Ya fara fitowa a karon farko a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a Wasannin Wasanni na 2009 kuma ya zo na biyar a tserensa na mita 400 a wasan kusa da na karshe, inda ya yi sa'o'i 49.21.