OTTAWA — Competition begins Monday at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, and the Ottawa Lions will have plenty to cheer for on the track. David Moulongou, Maëliss Trapeau and Lauren Gale will all race for Canada at Scotstoun Stadium, while Segun Makinde will guide Para sprinter George Quarcoo of Eclipse Track & Field in the T12 100 metres.
This edition of the Games looks a little different than usual. Glasgow stepped in as a late replacement host after original host Victoria, Australia withdrew in 2023. The result is a leaner, more condensed version of the Games. The athletics program runs from Monday, July 27 through Saturday, August 1, with the broader Games continuing through August 2.
David Moulongou — Men’s 400m Hurdles
Moulongou enters his first Commonwealth Games in the form of his life. The 23-year-old University of Ottawa student broke a 36-year-old club record in the 400m hurdles at the season-opening Ottawa Spring Kick Start, then kept chasing it down all spring — eventually running 49.92 at the Royal City Inferno in Guelph, a mark that moved him to 10th on the Canadian all-time list and comfortably inside the Commonwealth Games qualifying standard. David enters the Games as the reigning Canadian champion, his first senior national title.
Maëliss Trapeau — Women’s 800m
Trapeau first pulled on a Lions singlet as a 12-year-old and will race in Glasgow nearly 15 years later. Born in France and raised in Ottawa from age five, she ran collegiately and academically at the University of Ottawa before moving to Europe to chase her running career, competing internationally for France as a junior. She switched her international allegiance back to Canada in 2025 and immediately won the Canadian 800m title, then broke 1:59 for the first time with a personal-best 1:58.90 at the World Championships in Tokyo — the best World Championship showing by a Lions athlete since Tim Nedow’s ninth-place shot put finish in 2019. Glasgow will be her Commonwealth Games debut.
Lauren Gale — Women’s 400m
A two-time Olympian, Gale’s international career traces back to the Commonwealth Games family: she first represented Canada at the 2017 Youth Commonwealth Games, an experience she has credited with sparking her Olympic ambitions. This June, racing through a downpour at the Canadian Championships in Ottawa, she won her first senior national title after two previous runner-up finishes — punching her ticket to Glasgow for her first senior Commonwealth Games.
Segun Makinde — Guide 100m T12
Makinde is a familiar name to Lions fans in his own right: the University of Ottawa alum was a member of Canada’s 2012 and 2016 Olympic teams and competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games as a sprinter. These Games, he’ll guide George Quarcoo of Eclipse Track & Field in the T12 100 metres. Quarcoo, a Ghanaian-born Canadian who began losing his vision at age nine, is no stranger to this stage either — he raced at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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Schedule (All times Eastern)
Everything beyond Round 1 is pending qualification.
Monday, July 27
- David Moulongou — 400m Hurdles, Round 1 — 5:10 a.m.
- Maëliss Trapeau — 800m, Round 1 — 2:15 p.m.
Tuesday, July 28
- Lauren Gale — 400m, Round 1 — 5:30 a.m.
Wednesday, July 29
- Oluwasegun Makinde (guide) — 100m T12, Round 1 — 7:33 a.m.
- David Moulongou — 400m Hurdles, Semi-Final — 2:33 p.m.
- Maëliss Trapeau — 800m, Semi-Final — 2:47 p.m.
Thursday, July 30
- Lauren Gale — 400m, Semi-Final — 7:45 a.m.
- Oluwasegun Makinde (guide) — 100m T12, Final — 2:45 p.m.
Friday, July 31
- Maëliss Trapeau — 800m, Final — 3:25 p.m.
- David Moulongou — 400m Hurdles, Final — 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 1
- Lauren Gale — 400m, Final — 7:20 a.m.