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Golden Dream Comes True For Wheelchair Racer Thom

Curtis Thom says thinking of himself as a world champion is still a little unreal. “I just got home,” the Ottawa Lions track and field club member said Monday. “It’s kind of still, in my mind, ‘Holy cow, I actually brought a medal home. We got a gold meda ...

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Lions Win 11th Provincial Senior Title

The Ottawa Lions captured their third consecutive  Senior Division Club Championships on the weekend by amassing 200 points in a broad range of events.  The University of Toronto Track Club was second with 163 and London-Western third at 125.  Project Ath ...

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Lions win 10 medals at Ontario Masters Championships

At the recent Ontario Masters (35+) Championships in Toronto, a small group of club athletes brought home a total of ten medals, including six golds and one new provincial record. Competing in the M65 category, Stan Seitz took first in both the pole vault ...

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Cassidy 4th in IPC 10,000m

In the final event of day one at the 2013 IPC World Championships in athletics, wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy finished fourth in the T54 10,000m. In a very tightly contested final, Cassidy missed out on a podium finish by just 0.15 seconds, crossing the l ...

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Ottawa Lions Hiring Office Manager

Application Deadline: July 24, 2013 Position: Office Manager Job Description: The Ottawa Lions Track & Field Club is the largest and the most successful track & field club in Canada.  We have developed a comprehensive approach towards our sport th ...

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Palamar Golden Again!

With a bronze medal from the national senior championships and a new Canadian record in his back pocket, Adam Palamar knew people would definitely be gunning for him as he looked to repeat as Canadian Junior 1500m champion. Nonetheless, Palamar showed he ...

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Robertson wins Silver at FISU

He wasn't even supposed to be there originally, but as a late addition to the Canadian team at the 2013 World University Games, Michael Robertson showed the coaches they made a great choice as he helped Canada to a silver medal in the 4x400m relay. The qu ...

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Makinde finishes 4th at World University Games

Two years after his fifth place finish at 2011 World University Games in Shenzen, China, Oluwasegun Makinde was looking move up a couple notches on the results page today, with his eyes set on a medal. Entering the final with the fourth fastest time, he w ...

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Bishop breaks club record

Friday night in Victoria, 800m runner Melissa Bishop did something she's done four times before - break the club record. Bishop culminated her National Track League schedule with her third victory in three attempts, crossing the line in a club record 1:59 ...