Cuba’s Yordanis Garcia and Canada’s Natasha Jackson took the top honours at the 3rd Pan American Combined Events Cup at Ottawa’s Terry Fox Stadium on Friday (18). Garcia successfully defended his 2013 title and moved to sixth place on the 2014 IAAF Combin ...
Ottawa Lions ready to host this weekend's Ontario Junior & Senior Track & Field Championships
Ottawa, ON - Athletics Ontario's Outdoor Junior & Senior Track and Field Championships are set to take place this weekend (Saturday July 19, and Sunday July 20) in Ottawa, ON. This meet has attracted experienced international competitors including TJ ...
Ottawa to host 2017 and 2018 Canadian Junior / Senior Track and Field Championships
Ottawa – Athletics Canada announced today that the 2017 and 2018 Canadian Junior / Senior Track and Field Championships will be held in Ottawa, Ont. Athletics Canada, the City of Ottawa, Ottawa Tourism and the Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club jointly mad ...
It's hammer time for Frizell at the Commonwealth Games
Hammer thrower Sultana Frizell describes her little slice of track and field — slowly waving a ball and chain overhead and then rapidly spinning four times in a claustrophobic circle before finally flinging the snake-like projectile — as “controlled chaos ...
Bishop sets another record
At the national championships in Moncton, Melissa Bishop told the interview track side she wasn't looking for a fast time - just another gold medal. She would be aiming for a new personal best on the National Track League's west coast swing. Well, the Ega ...
Battle of champions expected at Pan American Combined Events Cup
Ottawa - Defending Canadian champion Damian Warner and 2013 title holder Yordani Garcia of Cuba will battle at the 3rd Pan American Combined Events Cup, which will crown a new women's champion in Ottawa July 16-18.The Cup is part of the 2014 IAAF Combined ...
Stenman-Fahey qualifes for World Juniors on final day of Canadian Championship
The situation was pretty simple for Erinn Stenman-Fahey. Finish in the top two and book your ticket to Eugene, Orgeon for the upcoming IAAF World Junior Championships for your first national team appointment. Seems simple enough. Certainly, the way Erinn ...
Kerr Soars to Silver on Day 2 of Junior Championships
Pole vaulter Zachary Kerr got day two of the Canadian Junior Championships started off on the right foot, picking up the first medal of the championships for a Lions athlete. Kerr, a four time OFSAA champion, had a best clearance of 4.45m before failing o ...
Steeplechasers highlight Day 1 at Junior Championships
It may have been a light first day at the Canadian Junior Championships in Ste. Therese, Quebec, but Lion's steeplechasers made the most of the day's only finals. Ontario high school girls champion Maggie Scheunert hit the track first, in the women's 2000 ...
Maddex and Biocchi named to NACAC Team
Among the 35 athletes named today to represent Canada at the upcoming NACAC U23 Championships are two of the Ottawa Lions very best - hurdler Ashlea Maddex and sprinter Devin Biocchi. The three day championship, which brings together the best espoir athle ...