St. Coca's Athletic Club
Kilcock, Co. Kildare
Archives 2021 October - December
Kildare Senior Cross Country Championships and Juvenile Relays - The Curragh - Sunday 19th December 2022
An exciting cold sunny morning at the Curragh for the Kildare Senior Cross Country Championships and Juvenile Relays.
SPAR European Cross Country Championships - Sports Ireland Campus, Abbotstown - Sunday 12th December 2021
The long awaited European Cross Country Championships finally took place at the Sports Ireland Campus in Abbotstown today and what a fantastic and thrilling televised spectacle it turned out to be. St Coca's were proudly represented by Aoife O'Cuill in the women's U23 and a team bus load of supporters went along on the day to cheer her on. 20 year-old Aoife, who was selected following her success at the National Championships in November, ran a solid race placing 32nd behind two of her teammates Sarah Healy and Danielle Donegan in the U23 6,000M. It turned out to be a great day for Ireland with the U23 men's team taking gold and the men's U20 team taking silver. The event also saw the highly anticipated senior debut of Jakob Ingebrigsten from Norway who, at the age of 21, took gold in the senior men's 10K in 30:15. So important for the sport to give the opportunity to upcoming athletes to be inspired by and to even meet the best of the best competing on Irish soil and some delighted St Coca's fans, and upcoming cross country runners themselves, pictured with the winning U23 team below and also with former 3-time Olympian marathon runner Dick Hooper. What a brilliant day and thanks to the many members that went along today to cheer on the home teams. Well done also to Carmel Kelly who was an official on the day.
Irish Life Health Novice and Juvenile uneven ages National Cross Country Championships - Gowran, Kilkenny - Sunday 5th December 2021
Another super day in Gowran today for the all Ireland. Great running conditions and even some winter sunshine. A huge well done to everyone. A special mention to the girls u17 who were only 10 points off a medal and will certainly medal in the next year or two if we keep the team together. Great team scoring by girls u13 who are improving every time they run. Top of the crop today was Eoin Kelly who was a scoring member of the Leinster team who secured bronze.
Girls U11
Alannah McDonald 82
Caoimhe McNerney 131
Kildare county 9th
117 finishers
Boys U11
Eoin Kelly 28 (Bronze medal on Leinster team)
Girls U13
Aisling Nolan 37
Juliet Olivier 67
Maeve McNerney 102
Aoibhin Beggan 112
Robyn Hurley 117
Sarah Shelly 131
Team 9th of 18
160 finishers
U15 Boys
Daniel Geraghty 108
Robert Murphy 109
145 finishers
U17 Girls
Meabh Caffrey 21
Niamh McDonald 33
Sadhbh Buckley 58
Ruby Olivier 71
Aoife McNerney 84
Kate Carroll 99
Team 5th of 12
110 finishers
Boys U17
Conor Murphy 58
Conan Lennon 101
Karan Pillay 106
118 finishers
U19 Girls
Cliona O'Toole 35
57 finishers
U19 boys
Oisin Farrell 51
72 finishers
Training Sessions Resume at St Coca's Track in the Bawnogues - Saturday 27th November 2021
The long wait to return to training ended today with a first juvenile training session on the upgraded grounds. The upgrades include an 8-lane synthetic surface for sprinting and a high jump area, additional long jump pit as well as new flood lighting and drainage works.
Alex Wallace wins Clonakilty Waterfront Marathon - Clonakilty, Cork - Saturday 27th November 2021
Alex Wallace took 1st place this cold and windy morning at the Clonakilty Waterfront Marathon in the Rebel County. In a field of over 400 runners, Alex posted a time of 2:32:00, a clear 14 mins ahead of the 2nd place finisher. Congratulations Alex, fantastic racing.
EDP Lisbon Marathon - Lisbon Portugal - Sunday 21st November 2021
Flying the St Coca's flag with pride in Lisbon this afternoon Andrea Nevin (2:13:44), Elaine Quinn(2:31:36) and Olwyn Byrne(2:31:36) have finished the half marathon. Well done ladies.
Irish Life Health Senior, Junior and Juvenile even ages National Cross Country Championships - Santry Demesne - Sunday 21st November 2021
Well done to all our athletes today in Santry. Another big day for the club today with St Coca's having record numbers competing at the all Ireland cross country. Biggest cheer to Aoife O'Cuill who finished 11th overall in the senior 8k race and 2nd u23 to secure her place on the Irish team for next months European cross country which takes place in Abbotstown on December 12th.
All of our teams ran very well and placed well in their age groups.
Days like today make great memories. St Coca's had 29 All Ireland finalists. Well done and again we are very proud of all your achievements.
The coaches
U14 girls
Katy Hayes 20
Aisling Nolan 45
Juliet Olivier 70
Roisin Beggan 115
Meave McNerney 144
Aoibhin Beggan 155
181 finishers
Team 7th of 19
Boys u14
Harry Cahill 47
Robert Murphy 55
Fionn Killeen 105
Daithi Killeen 132
Cormac Buckley 135
162 finishers
Team 12th of 16
Boys u16
Conor Murphy 21 Leinster bronze medal winner
Karan Pillay 90
Daniel Geraghty 106
Conor McNerney 111
Alexander Broome 125
129 finishers
Team 12th of 14
U18 and junior women
Orla Reidy 73
Niamh McDonald 76
Ruby Olivier 86
Aoife McNerney 92
Cliona O'Toole 117
Aine Caffrey 130
Kirsten Monaghan 131
Kate Carroll 133
Kate Murray 166
172 finishers
U18 team 7th of 15
Junior men
Eoin Richards 36
Senior /u23 women
Aoife O'Cuill 11 (2nd u23)
Senior men
Alexander Wallace 65
Leeroy Graham 148
192 finishers
Kildare team 5th
Kevin Kelly wins Monroe City Half Marathon Setting New Club Record - Monroe, Lousiana - Sunday 7th November 2021
A win and a new half marathon St Coca's AC club record for Kevin Kelly in Monroe, Louisiana today in the city half marathon. A time of 1.07.41. Congratulations Kevin.
Leinster Cross Country Championships U11-U19 and Senior - Avondale Forest, Wicklow - Sunday 7th November 2021
A beautiful sunny November Sunday for the Leinster Cross Country Championships Day 3 in Avondale Forest. After a trek through the woods we came upon the course, tents gleaming in the bright low morning sun. After some great running, Eoin Kelly made the Leinster U11 Team with a 4th place finish, as did Aisling Nolan finishing 8th U13. The girls U13 team finished 4th overall and qualified for the All Irelands. A storming run by Maebh Caffrey to 4th place led her team mates the Girls U17 to 2nd place Team and qualified for All Ireland. Orla Reidy ran a very experienced race picking up a lot of places on the last lap to finish 5th in the U19 girls and making the Leinster Team. Oisín Farrell also ran a very strong race from the start finished 8th in the U19 boys and making the Leinster Team. In the Senior Men, Senior Men, Alex Wallace placed 7th in a race lead by Raheny Shamrock's Daniel Stone, Mick Clohisey and Gavin Eccles. Alex clocked 34:05 for the tough 10K course.Well done to all competitors today, it was another great day for the club.
Girls u11
Alannah McDonald 26
Caoimhe McNerney 45
Aoife Killeen 84
Eva Gannon 86
132 finishers
Team 10th of 17
Boys u11
Eoin Kelly 4 (Leinster team)
Eoghan McNerney 96
140 finishers
Girls u13
Aisling Nolan 8 (Leinster team)
Juliet Olivier 26
Maeve McNerney 55
Aoibhin Beggan 59
Sarah Shelly 64
Robyn Hurley 65
Derbhile Nolan 87
Caoimhe Farrell 112
143 finishers
Team 4th of 18 and Q for all ireland
Boys u13
Cormac Buckley 56
Girls u15
Roisin Beggan 60
Saoirse O'Toole 89
Boys u15
Robert Murphy 39
Daniel Geraghty 47
Fionn Killeen 48
87 finishers
Girls u17
Maebh Caffrey 4 (Leinster team)
Niamh McDonald 14
Ruby Olivier 27
Kate Carroll 44
Sadhbh Buckley 55
77 finishers
Team 2nd and Qualified for all Ireland
Boys u17
Karan Pillay 33
Conan Lennon 47
Conor McNerney 55
Alexander Broome 61
Jim Harrigan 62
Team 5th
Girls u19
Orla Reidy 5 (Leinster team)
Cliona O'Toole 14
23 finishers
U19 boys
Oisin Farrell 8 (Leinster team)
Senior Men
Alex Wallace 7th
Virtual KBC Dublin Marathon - 27th October 2021
It’s official, Alex Wallace upgraded to 2nd fastest finisher of the Virtual KBC Dublin Marathon. Congratulations to Alex who was placed 4th in the virtual event the previous year 2020.
Kildare Thoroughbred Marathon - Kildare - Sunday 24th October 2021
Congratulations to all our runners at yesterday's Kildare Thoroughbred Marathon, a field of about 400 participants took on a tough hilly course on a windy day. Well done to you all.
Brian Kerrigan 3:23:32
Conor Devaney 3:21:54
Fiona King 3:32:05
Aidan Maher 3:42:53
Clare Lyons 3:53:34
Leinster Cross Country Championships U12-U18, Junior and Novice - Mountain View Golf Club, Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny - Saturday 23rd October 2021
Congratulations to all of our athletes today on representing the club at the Leinster Cross Country Championships (U12-U18, Junior and Novice categories) at Mountain View Golf Club, Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny.
The rain came down heavily for some of the early races but thankfully didn't persist and it was a great day for the club. Credit to St Senan's AC and Leinster Athletics for a great but tough course and a very well organised and enjoyable event.
St Coca's had 30 competitors across all age groups and some fantastic team, club and county successes detailed below. 4 team medals for St Coca's. Well done to all. Tough course too.
Boys u10 (non championship)
Eoghan McNerney 4
Girls u12
Alannah McDonald 62
121 runners
Girls u14 club silver.
Katy Hayes 11
Aisling Nolan 28
Juliet Olivier 30
Roisin Beggan 46
Maeve McNerney 65
Aoibhin Beggan 68
97 runners
Boys u14 team bronze
Henry Cahill 14
Robert Murphy 30
Fionn Killeen 36
Cormac Buckley 56
Daithi Killeen 64
87 runners
Girls u16
Maebh Caffrey 15
Saoirse O'Toole 65
85 runners
Boys u16 team bronze
Conor Murphy 7
Joseph Richards 22
Karan Pillay 37
Conor McNerney 46
Daniel Geraghty 48
Alexander Broome 53
58 runners
Girls u18 team silver
Niamh McDonald
Cliona O'Toole
Ruby Olivier
Kate Carroll
Junior girls
Orla Reidy
Aine Caffrey
Kirsten Monaghan
Kildare County 2nd
Junior men
Oisin Farrell
Novice men
Gavin Scanlon 18
University of Louisiana Monroe - Wednesday 20th October 2021
Kevin Kelly once again showing his style at the University of Louisiana Monroe to win the Homecoming University Mile on Wednesday 20th October 2021.
Kildare Cross Country Championships - Sunday 10th & 17th October 2021
A great day's racing for the club at the Curragh on Sunday 10th October for the first day of the 2021 Kildare Cross Country Championships (even ages, novice and masters). County titles and team gold for both our U14 girls and our U14 boys. U10 girls and boys won silver medals, a super result in a big field as the photos show. Silver also for our girls U16 and U18 and bronze for U16 boys teams.
Individual medals were won by Eoin McNerney 3rd u10, and storming runs by Katy Hayes u14, Harry Cahill u14 and Maebh Caffrey u16 all winning gold and county Kildare Champions. Robert Murphy won silver u14 - Sadhbh Buckley silver u16 and Niamh McDonald also silver u18. Great runs by all our young athletes today.
In the older age groups, Orla Reidy won an individual silver in the novice category and the ladies novice team of Orla Reidy, Áine Gaffney, Denise Fox and Kirsten Monaghan won gold. In the masters Bernard Phelan was first M4 and Larry Kelly 2nd M5. The men's novice team of Gavin Scanlon, Oisín Farrell, Thomas Richards and Patrick Conlon won silver.
A particular well done to those who were running a first cross country ever. Thanks to all the competitors and coaches for such a great turnout by the club today. Well done everyone.
Training for older groups will be at 6pm tomorrow and next Monday to make the most of the brightness.
(Thanks to Carmel Kelly for the pics and records)
Great running by everyone again on Sunday 17th, another beautiful day on the Curragh plains 🌞 at Day 2 of the Kildare Championships (uneven ages u9-u19 and Intermediates).
Individual Gold medals for Maebh Caffrey, Conor Murphy and Orla Reidy. Silver for Gavin Scanlon (Intermediate) Niamh McDonald, Aisling Nolan, Eoin Kelly and Bronze for May Hughes, Patrick Nolan, Juliet Olivier, Sadhbh Buckley and Joseph Richards. Top 10 juvenile by Molly Reilly, Alannah McDonald, Caoimhe Mcnerney, Maeve Mcnerney, Cormac Buckley, Roisin Beggan, Ruby Olivier, Kate Carroll, Harry Cahill, Robert Murphy, Daniel Geraghty, Fionn Killeen and Karan Pillay.
Men’s Intermediate team of Gavin Scanlon, Oisín Farrell, Leeroy Graham and Patrick Conlon won Team Gold. Team Gold also for both Boys u17 and Girls u17, where the girls team placed 1,2,3 and 4. Team Silver for Girls u13 and Boys u15 and Bronze for Girls u11 and Boys u9.
The coaches are very proud of all the athletes. So good to see you all out representing the club. Well done👏👏
Thanks to all the coaches and officials for their work on behalf of the athletes.
Belfast City Marathon - Sunday October 3rd 2021
These two lads smashed it today at the Belfast City Marathon, both sub 3 hours, Leeroy Graham 2:50.40 and Martin Horan close behind at 2:55.00. Leeroy finished in 84th position overall (27th in category) and Martin was 119th overall in a field of 2,958. We are delighted for the lads. Unfortunately Tommy and Fiona were unable to complete the course today due to illness and injury, In the words of Van the Man, there'll be days like this. Disappointing for them after months of work, but they look content enough at the moment Well done all.
Galway City Marathon - Saturday October 2nd 2021
In her first ever marathon, Denise Fox was the 6th lady home today at the Galway City Marathon in a time of 3:30.50, placed 71 overall, with Marianne Mulreid hot on her heels in 79th place, 9th lady overall 3:33.16. Kate Brilly was 103rd overall in 3:42.08 smashing her PB and Anita Rimmer placed 198th in 4:08.01. What a stunning performance by the ladies.
Also making their marathon debut in Galway today.
Rob Noone 4:36.12
Clive Moran 4:50.43
Full results here
