St. Coca's Athletic Club
Kilcock, Co. Kildare
Archives 2018 July to December
Aerodynamic Turkey 10k - Ayr - 26th December 2018
A massive congratulations to Alex Wallace coming home first in the Aerodynamic Turkey 10k, Ayr in a time of 33:23
Santa Run St Stephen's Day 2K Challenge - 26th December 2018
Huge thanks to everyone for coming out this morning to take part in the 2018 Santa Run in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland (Kildare Branch). Ye're all a great healthy bunch, we hope you enjoyed it. The final figure is not in yet but over €800 was raised for the charity. Well done everyone.
National Cross Country Championships - 25th November & 15th December 2018
What an exciting day in Abbotstown on 25th November where St Coca's athletes, having qualified through the Leinsters, competed in every age category at National Level. Some fantastic running, and again Aoife O'Cuill had a briliant race in the U18 category to take an All Ireland Silver Medal. Great to see Claire Tarplee and Paul Robinson running for St Coca's in the senior category. Well done to all competitors who did the club proud today in reaching the national finals.
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Boys u12 Brian Caffrey 49th. Daniel Geraghty 54th, Feilim Dickius 65th, Robert Lynch 98th, Robert Murphy 124th, Finn Dowling 136th. St Cocas 5th of 16 teams.
Boys u14 Conor Murphy 24th, Conan Lennon 50th, Joseph Richards 73rd, Jim Harrigan 107th. Kildare team 8th.
Boys u16 Oisin Farrell 17th, Eoin Richards 33rd, Thomas Richards 69th. Kildare team 7th.
U18 girls Aoife O'Cuill 2nd (8th junior) Aine Burke 37th junior Kildare team 5th.
Senior Women Claire Tarplee 11th. Senior men Paul Robinson 11th.
Day 3 of the National Cross Country continued in Navan on 15th December and let the bells ring out. A fantastic 2nd place for Conor Murphy in the All-Ireland’s today in the boys U13 X-Country.
Those bells keep on ringing. Aoife O’Cuill 4th and Aine Burke 12th in the girls U19 All Ireland’s
To top off a fantastic day, our U13 boys team won Silver. Unbelievable achievement by the boys, we always knew they could do it. Well done Conor Murphy, Joseph Richards, Feilim Dikcius, Brian Caffrey, Daniel Geraghty, Conor McNerney and Killian McCauley.
Jimmy Grant Invitational - Iowa City - 8th December 2018
A good seasons opener for Kevin Kelly last night in Iowa.
Running for Drake he won the mens mile in the Jimmy Grant Invitational meet in a time of 4.09.99 an indoor PB.
Kildare Senior Cross Country Championship - 2nd December 2018.
Congratulations to our Senior Women’s team who came second this morning at the Kildare Senior Cross Country Championship.