Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muSligo, akakwikwidza mumakwikwi epasi rose ekumhanya achiri mudiki, achimhanya mujaho wechidiki pa1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
uye 3000 metres pamutambo wekutanga weIAAF World Youth Championships muAthletics paakanga ava nemakore gumi nematanhatu. Pashure pokunge asangana nomurairidzi weAmerica Ray Treacy muIreland, akamupa bhezari kuti apinde yunivhesiti muUnited States. Akaenderera mberi nekudzidza zvemagariro evanhu paProvidence College uye akamiririra timu yavo yemitambo yekoreji, iyo Providence Friars. Mugore rake rokutanga muna 2001-2002, iye akamhanya pachake zvakanakisisa nokuda wechishanu muna 5000 metres panguva Big East Championships, akakunda 3000 m panguva Penn Relays uye kukwikwidzana panguva NCAA Women kuti Cross Country Championship. Akavandudza gore rakatevera: nzvimbo yechina mumakwikwi emunharaunda uye 28th-nzvimbo yekupedzisa paNCAA National Cross Country Championship yakawana kukudzwa kwake All-American. Mumakwikwi epamba, akatora wechitatu mumakwikwi emamita zviuru zvitatu uye wechina mumakwikwi epakati nepakati. Akatora wechina mu5000 m NCAA regional nehupenyu hwehupenyu hwe15: 56.96 uye akapedza ari wechishanu paNCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship, achiwana mbiri yake yechipiri All-American honors yemwaka.