Athletics
May 2009
Minor Girls
Emma Ryder 1st 500m and 4th 80m
Andrea Parr 4th High Jump
Shannon Pratt 3rd Hurdles
Rose Connolly , Emma Ryder , Shannon Pratt and Meghan Hahessy-Madigan came 2nd
in their heat of the relay and were unlucky to qualify for the final.
Minor Boys
Jason Melbourne 5th 800m , 6th 100m
Harry Talbot 4th 500m
Luke Sutherland 4th Discus
Mark Whitten 4th Triple Jump
Jason Melbourne ,Karim Beattie , Chris Armstrong and Craig Miller won their heat and
were unlucky to not win a medal in the final as they were in 1st position for most of the race.
Junior Girls
Kellie Farrell 5th 100m
Nessa Cooper-Millet 1st in Triple jump (Setting new South Leinster Record) and 2nd Long Jump
Sophie Parkinson 1st Discus and 3rd Shot Putt
Kellie Farrell , Nessa Cooper-Millet , Darina Harper , Amanda Haslam won their heats and came
joint third in the final.
Junior Boys
Cuan Roche won his 100m heat but had to pull out of final because of an injury.
Cian Casey 4th High Jump, 5th hurdles.
Chris Hanbidge 7th 800m
Cuan Roche , Andy Jeffers , Eddie Horan and Jeffrey Stephenson came 2nd in heats of
relay and were unlucky not to qualify for the final.
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June 2008
The school had a couple of athletes who did well in the South Leinster and Leinster Cross-Country competitions. Nessa Cooper-Millet and Maeve Keane performed admirably well in both competitions.
In April, KCK’s Minor and Junior Boys competed in a triangular sports between ourselves, Rockwell and Roscrea in Scanlon Park in Kilkenny. The Junior team won and the Minor team gained some valuable experience from the day.
There were some very good performances in the South Leinsters in Scanlon Park.
The medalists were:
Matthew Thompson can 3rd in the Junior 1200m Walk
Margaret Byrne came 3rd in the Junior 200m
Kellie Farrell came 2nd in the Minor 80m
Nessa Cooper-Millet came 1st in the Minor 1100m and 2nd in the Long Jump.
The Minor Boys Relay team of Alex Condell, David Raeburn, Robert Bailey and Andrew Jeffers came third.
The Minor Girls Relay team of Sarah Donohue, Nessa Cooper-Millet, Kellie Farrell and Kim Pratt also came third.
Rhys Whitten 2nd Senior Discus
Jonathan Holmes 1st Senior 100m and 200m
Edward Healy 2nd Senior 1500m
Padraig Mahon 2nd Senior Shot Putt
Maeve Keane 3rd Inter 3000m
Katie Irwin 2nd Senior 800m
Cheryl Stanley 2nd Senior 1500m
In the Leinsters Nessa Cooper-Millet came third in the Minor Long jump. Padraig Mahon came third in the Senior Shot Putt. Jonathan Holmes came 2nd in the Senior 100m and 3rd in the 200m. Jonathan came third in the 100m and Padraig came 6th in the Shot Putt in the All-Irelands.
The school also competed in what we like to call “the Munsters” (a competition between ourselves and the Munster schools of Newtown, Bandon, Villiers, Midleton and Ashton). This year the competition was hosted by Newtown in Waterford. The Boys team came 5th and the Girls team came joint 2nd. The highlight of the day was Jonathan Holmes breaking the record for the Senior 100m with a time of 10:54. KCK will be hosting this event next year.
MAY 2008
Congratulations to the Junior Boys’ team who won the sports competition in Scanlon Park between Rockwell College, Cistercian College Roscrea and Kilkenny College last week. And to those who had won prizes at the Minor and Junior section of the South Leinster competition in Scanlon Park on Wednesday 30th April: Matthew Thompson (3rd, 1200m walk), Margaret Byrne (3rd, 200m), Kellie Farrell (2nd 80m), Nessa Cooper-Millet (1st 1100m & 2nd Long Jump). The Minor Boys relay team of Alex Condell, David Raeburn, Robert Bailey and Andrew Jeffers were 3rd, and the Minor Girls Relay team of Sarah Donohue, Nessa Cooper-Millet, Kellie Farrell and Kim Pratt were also 3rd.
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2007
Results from the South Leinster Athletics Championships held in Scanlon Park recently in May
Jonathan Holmes (5th) 1st in the Senior 100m; George Smyth (3rd) 2nd in the U-16 Long Jump; Ed Healy (3rd) 3rd in the Intermediate 800m; Katie Irwin (5th) 3rd in Senior 800m; Padraig Mahon (5th) 3rd in Senior Shot Putt; Richard Nicholls (1st) 2nd in the Minor 80m
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The results from the South Leinsters for the current season are as follows:
Dairine O’Connor 300m Hurdles 1st;
Amanda Williams 100m 2nd;
Sheena Mahon 800m 3rd;
Johnny Holmes 100m 1st;
Kieran McArdle Javelin 3rd;
Jessica Forrester 3000m 3rd;
Stephen Yates Long Jump 2nd;
Mark Boyd Discus 2nd;
Amanda Williams 100m Hurdles (senior) 3rd;
Dara Quane inter Hurdles 2nd;
Inter-Relay team 3rd – Marc Boyd, Stpehen Yates, Andrew Yates and Matthew Ruddock;
Dairine O’Connor 100m Hurdles 3rd;
Sheena Mahon 1500m 3rd.