Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Na fanau o ia i Sligo, sa tauva o ia i tauvaga tau afeleti faavaomalo a o laʻitiiti, sa taufetuli i le tuuga a le autalavou i le
1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ma le 3000 mita i le amataga o le IAAF World Youth Championships i le Athletics ina ua sefuluono ona tausaga. Ina ua uma ona feiloaʻi ma le faiaʻoga Amerika o Ray Treacy i Aialani, na ia ofo atu iā te ia se sikolasipi e aʻoga ai i le iunivesite i le Iunaite Setete. Na faaauau ona ia suʻesuʻeina le saienisi lautele i le Kolisi o Providence ma avea ma sui o le latou 'au afeleti kolisi, le Providence Friars. I lona tausaga muamua i le 2001<unk>2002, na ia tamoʻe ai i se tulaga sili ona lelei mo le lona lima i le 5000 mita i le Big East Championships, manumalo i le 3000 mita i le Penn Relays ma tauva i le NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship. Na ia faaleleia i le tausaga na sosoo ai: o se tulaga lona fa i le tauvaga faaitulagi ma se 28th nofoaga i le NCAA National Cross Country Championship na maua ai lona All-American honors. I tauvaga i totonu o fale, na ia ave lona tolu i le 3000 m ma lona fa i le mamao o le faʻataʻitaʻiga. Na avea o ia ma lona fa i le 5000 m NCAA regionals ma se tagata lava ia e sili ona lelei o le 15:56.96 ma na maeʻa i le tulaga lima i le NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship, ma maua ai lona lua All-American honors o le vaitau.