Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Amụrụ na Phoenix, Arizona, ọ malitere ịgba ọsọ dịka onye na-eme egwuregwu n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na Mountain Pointe High School ma nwee ihe ịga nke ọma mbụ ya na Foot Locker Cross Country Championships, ebe ọ bụ onye na-agba ọsọ na ihe omume steeti na 1997 na 1998 tupu ịga n'ihu iji merie aha na 1999. A họpụtara ya n'òtù egwuregwu ndị ntorobịa nke United States na
1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships na n'ọpụpụ mba ụwa mbụ ya ọ nọrọ na 73rd n'ozuzu. Ka oge na-aga n'afọ ahụ, ọ gbara ọsọ na mita 3000 na 1999 Pan American Junior Athletics Championship wee merie Madai Pérez iji merie aha ahụ.