Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Akasimudza pachake pakati pevanokurumidza kupfuura 5000 m indoors nekumhanya pa2009 Boston Indoor Games, achingotungamira Shalane Flanagan pamutsara kuti akunde mumaminitsi 14:47.62. Akakwanisa kupinda mumakwikwi akazara mwaka iwoyo: akapedza gumi nemana mumakwikwi evakadzi pa2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
, akangopotsa menduru nenzvimbo yechina pamusoro pe5000 m pa2009 World Championships muAthletics, uye akavhara mwaka wake wekutamba nekuonekwa pa2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, achiuya wechitanhatu pamusoro pe5000 m.