The weather was perfect for the Ontario Cross Country Championships yesterday atop Kingston’s Fort Henry hill as the Lions captured two team titles and an impressive seven individual medals - largest medal haul since 1996 when three team titles and six i ...
Lions bring home hardware from OFSAA XC return
Saturday marked the return of the OFSAA Cross Country Championships for Ottawa athletes after a two year hiatus and the performances turned out, did not disappoint. Following the event’s cancellation in 2020 and self-imposed travel restrictions for Natio ...
Padoin-Castillo tops podium at Great Big Cookie Run
While the focus for many Lions runners may have been on cross country championships over the past week, a little five kilometre road race along the Rideau Canal enticed a few runners to lace up their shoes Saturday. The free cookies at the finish line of ...
Norman and MacDonald lead Ravens at RSEQ XC Championship
It was a challenging setting for Saturday’s Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) Cross Country Championships at the Centre de plein air Kinadapt. Located about 75 minutes north of Montreal in the small town of Rawdon, the course which is more routin ...
Gee-Gee Men finish 7th; Women place 8th at OUA XC Championships
For the second year in a row, it was a beautiful day in London for the Ontario University Athletics Cross Country Championship with the sun shining and temperatures reaching 16 degrees. Running on the Thames Valley Golf Course the University of Ottawa Ge ...
Pedersen and Beauregard top finishers at Bayfront Open
Friday marked a return to action for the Club’s harriers. Varsity runners from both the University of Ottawa and Carleton University and the Lions took to the starting line of the McMaster Bayfront Open along the shore of Burlington Bay in Hamilton.  ...
Lions run well at Capital XC Challenge
With the sun shining and temperatures hovering in the mid-teens, it was a beautiful weekend for a cross country meet. In total, more than 750 athletes ran through the park at Mooney’s Bay, on one of Canada’s most unique and challenging courses, at the an ...
Lions celebrate tremendous season at annual awards banquet
Saturday night marked the second year in a row the Ottawa Lions gathered under the big top at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility to celebrate another great year of athletics at our annual awards banquet. During the most complete season since the start of th ...
Cassidy inducted in to Toronto Wall of Honour
It was not something he was aiming for, but Josh Cassidy’s induction into the Toronto Sport Hall of Honour on Friday was a worthy distinction for the national team veteran. The Toronto Sport Hall of Honour celebrates the exceptional contributions and acc ...
Lions put on show to remember at Canada Games
Just five years ago, the Ottawa Lions had no athletes competing at the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg. It was the first time it had happened in the 43 year history of the Club. As the athletics portion of this year’s Games in Niagara wrapped up this aft ...