Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akaberekerwa muPhoenix, Arizona, akatanga kumhanya semutambi wechikoro chesekondari paMountain Pointe High School uye akabudirira kekutanga paFoot Locker Cross Country Championships, kwaakava mumhanyi wechipiri pachiitiko chehurumende muna 1997 na1998 asati aenda kunotora zita muna 1999. Akasarudzwa nokuda kweboka duku reUnited States pa
1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships uye mumutambo wake wokutanga wepasi rose akaisa 73rd yose. Gare gare gore iroro akamhanya mumamita 3000 pa1999 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships uye akakunda Madai Pérez kuti akunde zita.