Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Yaiva mumunda wekumhanyisa nyika iyo akawana menduru yake yekutanga yejunior, achimhanya pa2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Timbilil akatora menduru yesirivheri kumashure kwaVivian Cheruiyot, achipedzisa kuwanda kwemenduru dzeKenya dzakatungamira vakadzi vechidiki kuenda kugoridhe rechikwata. Pazera remakore gumi nemanomwe, akawana kusarudzwa kwe2000 Sydney Olimpiki uye akasvika pakupedzisira kwe10,000 m, achipedzisa pachinzvimbo chegumi nemana nehupenyu hwakanaka hwe31: 50.22. Akanga achiri akakodzera kumakwikwi evadiki pa2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, asi akanga ari kure nokukunda menduru uye akapedza ari pachinzvimbo chegumi nenhanhatu.