Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Zersenay adaghị n'elu ikpo okwu maka oge nke abụọ na
2006 World Cross Country Championships, mana ebe nke anọ ya mere ka ndị otu Eritrea nweta ọla ọcha na asọmpi otu. N'ọnwa na-eso ya, Zersenay meriri ma Fabiano Joseph na Boniface Kiprop iji merie Great Manchester Run. Ọ gbara ọsọ ruo na ngwụcha nke 27:36; ihe ndekọ Eritrea na nke abụọ kachasị ọsọ n'afọ ahụ. N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ ahụ, ọ mere nke ọma karịa nke 10,000 m kacha mma na Ncheta Van Damme; oge ya nke 26:37.25 kụrụ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ sekọnd iri atọ site na akara ya gara aga iji mee ka ọ bụrụ onye nke asatọ kachasị ọsọ, mana ọ ka na-agwụ n'azụ onye na-apụta Micah Kogo onye gbara ọsọ nke iri kachasị ọsọ. Oge kachasị mma nke 59:16 nke Zersenay mere na Rotterdam Half Marathon tụnyere ihe ndekọ Samuel Wanjiru na-egosi nke ọma maka agbụrụ mmeri na-abịanụ.