Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akamhanyira kakawanda muna 2009 uye akatanga muUnited States. Akakunda Monument Avenue 10K, Cooper River Bridge Run, uye Bolder Boulder mijaho, pamwe nokutora wechipiri paBay To Breakers. Akanga achitonga paFalmouth Road Race 7-miler munaAugust, achikunda munguva ye31: 41 maminitsi. Mukusarudzwa kwake kwekutanga kwepasi rose akamhanyira pa2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
: kunyange zvazvo akanga ari wegumi nomumwe chete, akatungamirira varume veEthiopia kumenduru yendarira mumakwikwi echikwata. Akadzokera kuDelhi Half Marathon muna November ndokuwanazve nzvimbo yechina. Akatora kukunda kwake kwekutanga paGreat Ethiopian Run mwedzi iwoyo, achipfuura Abera Kuma pamugumo.