A brilliant day for St. Coca’s A.C at the Leinster Even Age Cross Country Championships in Gowran, Kilkenny. Despite heavy rain early in the morning, our athletes battled the conditions and put in some fantastic performances.

Our U14 girls finished 2nd team in Leinster, a big step up from 4th in the U13 race last year, and have qualified for the All-Irelands. Special mention to Lucy Doolan, who lost a spike very early in the race but kept going to finish 7th.

Our U16 boys finished 3rd team and have also qualified for the All-Irelands, with Eoin Kelly (9th) and Matthew Ennis (10th) both taking individual medals.

In the U12 boys, Garbhán Prendergast ran a superb race to finish 6th, earning a medal and his place at the All-Irelands.

Liam Keogh also had a fantastic run, taking gold as a part of the Kildare team. 

Full results:

U12 Girls
Tara Fagan (63rd)
Clodagh McNerney (64th)

U12 Boys
Garbhán Prendergast (6th)
Seanog Cawley (45th)
Darragh Cassidy (58th)

U14 Girls – 2nd team
Lucy Doolan (7th)
May Hughes (31st)
Holly Fagan (32nd)
Aoibheann Graham (45th)
Louisa Burke (80th)

U14 Boys 
Liam Keogh (21st) 

U16 Boys – 3rd team
Eoin Kelly (9th)
Matthew Ennis (10th)
Eoghan McNerney (27th)
Ryan Byrne (44th)
Matthew Burke (67th)

A huge thank you to all our coaches and parents for the time, lifts and encouragement that got every one of these athletes to the start line. Well done to everyone who ran! 

We now look forward to the Leinster Uneven age’s in 2 week in the Curragh