Kammala wannan jumla: Cherono ya koma manyan mukamai a shekarar 2016. Ta kasance ta biyu a tseren mita 5000 a Gasar Cin Kofin Kenya, amma ba ta maimaita wannan nau'in a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta Kenya ba, ta ƙare a matsayi na takwas. Ta fara yin gasa a kan kwararru a wannan shekarar, ta zama ta biyu a Cross de l'Acier. Canja wuri zuwa nesa ya ga aikinta ya tashi. Ta kasance ta biyu ga zakaran duniya Hellen Obiri a gwajin Kenya na 2018 don Wasannin Commonwealth na 2018 kuma ta gama ta bakwai a gasar a Gold Coast, Ostiraliya. Ta yi aiki a matsayin mai saurin motsa jiki a gasar 2018 ta Turai 10,000m kafin ta fara fitowa a gasar Turai, tana fafatawa a gasar London Grand Prix da kuma gasar Grand Prix ta Burtaniya tare da yin aiki a wasan karshe na Weltklasse Zürich don gasar.
Gasar Diamond ta 2018. Ta ƙare kakar wasannin tare da sabbin bayanan sirri na minti 8:41.69 na mita 3000 da minti 15:09.42 na mita 5000. Ta kuma yi nasara a kan mita 10,000 a Leiden Gouden Spike (32:34.03 minti) da kuma Singelloop Utrecht (31:17 minti). Ta rufe shekara tare da nasara a Cross Internacional de la Constitución.