Buuxi weedha soo socota: Zersenay ayaa ku guuldareystay in uu kaalinta labaad ka gaaro tartanka
2006 World Cross Country Championships, laakiin kaalintiisii afaraad ayaa ku hogaamisay kooxda Eritrea inay ku guuleystaan billad qalin ah tartanka kooxda. Bishii xigtay, Zersenay wuxuu ka adkaaday labada Fabiano Joseph iyo Boniface Kiprop si uu ugu guuleysto Great Manchester Run. Wuxuu ku orday khadka isagoo dhammaystiray wakhtigii 27:36; rikoodhka Eritrea iyo kan labaad ee ugu dhakhsaha badan sannadkaas. Bishii Agoosto ee sanadkaas, wuxuu si weyn u hagaajiyay 10,000 m ee ugu wanaagsan ee Memorial Van Damme; waqtigiisii 26:37.25 wuxuu ku dhawaad soddon ilbiriqsi ka jabiyay calaamadihii hore si uu uga dhigo qofka 8aad ee ugu dhaqsaha badan abid, laakiin wuxuu wali ka dambeeyay Micah Kogo oo soo ifbaxaya oo ahaa kii tobnaad ee ugu dhaqsaha badnaa abid. Waqtiga cusub ee Zersenay ee 59:16 ee Rotterdam Half Marathon wuxuu u dhigmay rikoodhkii koorsada ee Samuel Wanjiru wuxuuna si fiican ugu soo bandhigay tartanka horyaalka ee soo socda.