Ottawa Lions athletes delivered a memorable weekend of performances at the Ontario U14/U16/U18 Championships in Brampton, bringing home a flurry of medals and producing a series of all-time club marks across the board.
Leading the way was Maxime Cazabon, who struck gold in the U16 boys’ high jump with a clearance of 1.94 metres. The 15-year-old’s leap matched his personal best and moved him into second place on the club’s all-time rankings for U16 boys.
Also etching his name into the Lions’ record books was Eli Mordel, who claimed gold in the U18 boys’ 110-metre hurdles. Running into a headwind of -2.1 m/s, Mordel stopped the clock at 14.28 seconds, good for second all-time among U18 Lions.
The U18 boys’ 4x800m team delivered a commanding gold medal performance. The quartet of Noah Mansouri, Charlie Mortimer, Oliver Young, and Max Gerundin stopped the clock at 8:12.45, placing them second all-time. Mortimer also picked up individual gold in the 2000m steeplechase.
In the distance events, Brody Charbot turned heads with a stellar performance in the U16 boys’ 2000 metres. His time of 6:11.61 placed him eighth all-time in club history. Charbot later returned to help his teammates—Samuel Larocque, Jaiden Taft, and Oscar Lorrain—claim bronze in the U16 boys’ 4x800m relay, whose 9:17.95 time now ranks eighth in club history.
The girls’ relay squads added to the medal count and record book. The U16 girls’ 4x800m team of Charlie Fee, Autumn Sakiyama, Audrey Webb, and Isla Kittmer earned silver, with their 10:11.46 performance placing sixth all-time for the age group. Sakiyama and Kittmer returned alongside Atalia Williams and Olivia Daigle-Dasah to claim bronze in the U16 sprint medley relay—fourth-fastest in club history. Meanwhile, the U18 girls—Norah Nitta Mackay, Livia Buffone, Chloë Martineau, and Maya Allibon—clocked 4:13.07 for silver and the fifth-fastest mark in club U18 annals.
On the field, Amy Roy continued her rise in the U18 girls’ hammer throw, earning third on the club’s all-time list with a toss of 47.42 metres. She narrowly missed the podium in Brampton but made a significant statistical leap in the rankings.
Rounding out the medal performances, Penny Roy captured gold in the U14 girls’ 800-metre race walk, while Cohen Pinto secured bronze in the U18 boys’ long jump. In the U18 girls’ 4x800m relay, the team of Sofia Lefaivre, Kyra Lauter, Emily Munro, and Farrah Hedderson earned bronze.
Next up for the younger Lions athletes is the Royal Canadian Legion Championships August 8-10 in Calgary.