Rutto akatanga basa rake mumutambo wenhangemutange semunhu aidzingirira makomo. Akakunda menduru yegoridhe mumakwikwi e2000 m steeplechase paIAAF World Youth Championships uye akaisa nguva yevechidiki yepasi rose ye5:30.27, achigadzirisa rekodhi yemumhanyi weSoviet Mykola Matyushenko iyo yakanga yakamira isina kukanganiswa kweanoda kusvika makumi maviri emakore. Rutto akaratidzirazve mano ake neimwe nhoroondo yekumhanya ye5:27.64 muchiitiko ichi mwedzi miviri gare gare muLiège. Akamhanyira mujaho wechidiki pa2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
uye akapedza ari pachinzvimbo chechinomwe, achiumba chikamu chechikwata chechidiki cheKenya chakakunda. Akadzokera ku steeplechasing panzira gare gare mumwaka iwoyo uye akavaka zita rake rehudiki nekukunda pa2004 World Junior Championships muAtletics, kwaakawana zvakanakisisa zvake zve8: 23.32 ye 3000 m steeplechase. Akakunda Musa Amer Obaid nekumhanyisa kumutsara kuti aenderere mberi nekukunda kweKenya mumakwikwi aya.