"Wow" was all anyone could say when Joari Oppong-Nketiah crossed the finish line of the U20 women's 100-metre semi-finals Friday night at Montreal’s Centre Sportif Claude Robillard. When the scoreboard flashed her winning time of 11.38 seconds, a collect ...
Lions Shine on Distance Night: Maddie Seaby and Kevin Robertson Secure Medals
Thursday night at the Canadian Track and Field Championships has become synonymous with distance running events since the creation of "Distance Night" when Ottawa hosted the 2018 event. Featuring an array of steeplechase and 5000 metre races, two Lions a ...
Strong Start: Highlights from the First Morning of the 2024 Canadian Track and Field Championships
A busy morning on the first full day of the 2024 Canadian Track and Field Championships saw 30 athletes in action including two in finals. Sadie Gibert competed well in her first national final, placing fourth in the U20 women’s shot put with a ...
Bell Olympic and Paralympic Trials: Lions Athletes Aim for National Glory and Team Canada Spots
Four years after it was originally scheduled, Montreal will finally host the Olympic and Paralympic Trials this weekend at the Centre Sportif Claude Robillard. Over 80 Lions athletes will be in action, competing for national glory in the U20, Open, and P ...
Robertson and Evans re-write record book in final Olympic Trials tune up
In a final tune up before this week’s Canadian Olympic Trials, Lions athletes put forward a string of remarkable performances at La Classique d’Athletisme de Montréal last Friday night leaving little doubt they are ready to take on the best the nation ha ...
Lions set over 80 personal bests at Twilight #3
The hottest day of the year brought about a one hour delay to the kick off of the third Twilight Meet of the summer on Wednesday. However, neither of those issues were noticeable on the track or in the field as Lions athletes put up over 80 personal best ...
Belan Betters World U20 Standard in Hamilton
On Friday night in Hamilton, 18-year-old Nicolas Belan took a significant step towards achieving a feat accomplished by only two other Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club members. Belan ran a personal best time of 3 minutes and 46.87 seconds for 1500 metre ...
Gale Surpasses Olympic Standard Again in Edmonton Victory
She does it again. For the second time in nine days, Lauren Gale dipped under the qualifying standard for this summer’s Olympic Games. Racing at the Edmonton Athletics Invitational Thursday, Gale roared around the track at the University of Alberta’s Foo ...
Jeggo leads 19 medal haul for Lions at OFSAA Championship
Ottawa Lions athletes made a remarkable impact at last weekend’s OFSAA Track and Field Championship in London as they captured an impressive 19 medals. In addition to the hardware collection, which included seven golds, the more than 50 athletes in atten ...
More than 50 Lions qualify for OFSAA Track and Field Championship
When the final performance was recorded Friday afternoon in Belleville an impressive 50 Lions athletes had qualified for the pinnacle of high school track and field in Canada - the OFSAA Championships. In total, Lions athletes qualified in 77 individual ...