St Cocas

Well done @AineBurke_ taking silver in the National 3000M Steeplechase.

Huge congratulations to Alex Wallace who was 1st O40 at the National 5k championships today in the Phoenix Park, congratulations also to Brian Conroy (Clane AC) who was 1st O35 and to Bobby King 2nd O75.

All smiles from Bernard, Leeroy & Fiona after todays Limerick Marathon.

News just in from Gowran in Kilkenny that Alex Wallace has won the 6K Leinster Masters M40 Road Championship and led Kildare to take 1st County team. Congratulations Alex and teammates. Thanks to Emma for the pics.

At Royal Canal parkrun Kilcock, our honorary club President Bobby King. Among his world & European master's race walking records, Bobby set a world O65 age group record for the men's 3K in Nenagh in 2011. And he is still smashing the 25min 5K, 11 years later. Well done Bobby.

An unbelievable run by Laura Kelly this morning at the Boston Marathon, smashing her own female club record by about 8 mins to finish in a time of 2:55. She was 118th female overall in a field of 30,000 participants. Well done @Lauralo411

Best of luck to Laura Kelly taking on the world’s oldest marathon in Boston. @Lauralo411 is the club female record holder over several longer distances, including the marathon. She ran the DCM 2019 in 3:03 & along with team mates Niamh Cleary & Fiona King took 13th overall team.

4th place for @KevKelly_95 (yellow vest) in todays BAA men’s invitational mile in Boston. Congrats Kevin.

⚙️TRACK IS TECHNICAL⚙️ Sprinting, Hurdling. Jumping, Vaulting and Throwing are technical‼️ Everything about #trackandfield is technical. EVERY event requires athletes to learn the technical aspect of things in order to prevent injury and improve times, heights and distances.

Track and field teaches you much about life. It’s important to have direction and a goal. The journey is unlikely to be smooth. There will be mistakes. There will also be success. You will grow. You will become resilient. When times get tough, know that they won’t last.

Kevin Kelly had another solid run last night at the Joe Walker Invitational at Ole Miss, Oxford, Mississippi. He took the win in his heat of the 800m in a new PB of 1.50.40 (over 3 second PB). @KevKelly_95

Congratulations also to Aoife O'Cuill who won the 5000m at the Inter Varsity championships yesterday. Aoife was also one of the lucky recipients of funding from the Jerry Kiernan foundation which were announced this week. jerrykiernanfoundation.org/news/jerry-kie…

Áine Burke DCU finished 2nd in the 2022 IUAA 3k steeplechase with Kirsten Monaghan TCD just behind in 4th. Pictured with Zofia Terzyk who is officiating today. Congratulations girls.

News just in, Alex Wallace has won the Lake Garda 42 marathon in Northern Italy this morning in a time of 2:22:48. A new club record. Incredible running, congratulations to Alex and his support crew out there.

We are pleased to announce that our annual 5Km road race takes place on the Friday 24th June in Kilcock. Registration fee is €15 and there is a prize fund of €3,000 register.enthuse.com/ps/event/StCoc… News and media from previous events can be found on our website stcocasac.com/st-cocas-5k

Members of our juvenile cross country teams who represented the club at the National B, X-Country in Castlelyons on Feb 13th. St Coca’s AC were awarded the John Smyth trophy for most successful club at the competition, our first national club award. Well done to all involved.

A win for Kevin Kelly at the Louisana Classic in Lafayette in the 5000m in a time of 14.15.46 which is a new stadium record. @KevKelly_95

Well done to our athletes who took on the Dunboyne 10K in the midday sun this afternoon. Great times.

A great morning's racing at Naas RFC for the County Intermediate and Master Road Races. A fantastic 2nd place for our ladies Intermediates team. Well done to all.

Congratulations to @ClaneAc on their inaugural Streets of Clane 5K this evening attracting 358 finishers, a great event and well done to our 6 members who took part.