Monthly Archives: June 2024

The 2024 senior national track and field championships attracted most of the top athletes resulting in top quality competition as athletes hoped to improve their chances of Olympic qualification/selection. Cliodhna Manning was in this category and finishing fourth in the 400m final in 53.69 leaves doubts for the 4x400m relay. In the heats on Saturday she placed second in 54.92. Cathal O'Reilly had a good competition. Winning heat 2 of the 1500m on Saturday he gave a good performance in the final on Sunday where he finished 7th in 3.45.74. Alex Cullen tested himself in the 400 hurdles. A good [...]

National competition in Tullamore today combining national pairs -aka national childrens games- and u12s & u13s. Our under 9 boys stole the show when Jason Cleere and Cian McIntyre combined to win gold in the long jump pairs. They followed that with bronze in the 4x100 relay. Henry Trayer and Dara Walsh completed the relay team.  In u10 Aed Norry and Harry Healy were long jump pair. The girls relay team were 7th. Panel - Jane Byrne, Winter Rose Molloy, Isabella Hoyne, Asha Murphy, Sarah Kelly.  In u11s Charlie Norris and Daniel Quinn (24th & 27th) were a Turbo Javelin [...]

Molly Daly continued her season of top runs with an outdoor PB of 24.61 in the 200m. This she achieved when winning her timed heat at the Mannheim, Germany, Junior meet.  

Three KCH athletes were included on the Leinster team taking part in the Schools Inter-Provencial track and filed in Santry today. Matias Quaglia competed in the 100m and 200m and placed fifth in each. His times were 11.41 and 22.58 respectively. He also ran on the Leinster 4x100m relay team which placed second. Grace Delahunty was fifth in the 200m (26.94) and Kate Maher placed second (26.11). Both girls were on the Leinster 4x100 relay team which placed first. Well done all.

Cathal O'Reilly is hitting good form. Four days ago he achieved the sub four mile. Tonight at the UCD meet he set a new PB for the 800m - 1.50- congratulations 

Three brilliant achievements - two in Belfast and one in Belgium. In Belfast Cathal O'Reilly running in the British Milers event ran the mile. Finishing in 3.59.26 he becomes the second Kilkenny athlete to break that four minute barrier. He now joins clubmate Eoin Everard in that outstanding roll of honour.  The second achievement in Belfast was the PB of 2.08.92 for Pia Langton in the 800m Over in Nivelles, Belgium Molly Daly once again got below the 25 seconds when she clocked 24.88 for the 200m. Three cheers for three great achievements. 

What a couple of days for the club!! Thirty-two wins - 13 gold, 13 silver and 6 bronze - and four CBPs. This was Leinster u12- u19 juvenile track and field in Tullamore.    UNDER 12s - Ellen Ryan won gold in the 60m hurdles and placed 9th in long jump. Teagin Mtinsi 5th in turbo and Isabella Quaglia was 9th in Turbo.  UNDER 13s  - two medals. Gold for Conor Knox in the long jump and silver for Daniel Greene in the 60m hurdles. Aoibhinn Kelly was 4th in the long jump and Marcus Lyons was 7th in long [...]

Rome was the place to be for the last week as athletes from around Europe gathered to compete in the European Athletics Championships. Ireland had in excess of forty athletes registered across many events, mostly on the track. For the Irish this was the most successful performance since the Europeans commenced and a good contingent of family members, club members, athletic officials and supporters made the journey and were there supporting all the way and joining in the celebrations as the athletes gave 110%. Ciara Mageean gold, Mixed 4x400 relay gold, Women's 4x400 relay silver, Women's 400 silver.  KCH had [...]

The weather was good and so was the competition and so were the results for many of our juveniles who made the trip to Thomastown this evening for the county "B" track and field championships. Among those winning medals were the following:- Under 10 :- Edie Kemple 1 Turbo, 3 long jump; Joe Phelan 1 80m, 1 800m; Kenny Lowry 2 80m, 2 Turbo, 2 long jump, 3 800m; Aed Norry 3 80; Harry Healy 1 Turbo, 3 long jump. Relays 1st boys (Aidan Bruton, K Lowry, H Healy, J Phelan); 1st Girls (E Kemple, Winter Rose Molloy, Alesha Murphy, [...]