With the largest number of competitors so far in 2022, the Lions closed out January with a bang. By the time the weekend had closed, a new Club record and University of Ottawa record were in the books as well as a number two all-time effort. Sydney Smith ...
Annual General Meeting to be held February 7th
The Ottawa Lions will host their Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the evening of Monday, February 7, 2022, at 8:30pm EST. Due to COVID-19, the meeting will take place virtually on Zoom. All members are invited to attend. REGISTRATION LINK: http://www.tra ...
Gale continues winning ways in 2022
Only three full weeks in to the new year and it appears sprinter Lauren Gale is looking to make 2022 a year to remember. The fourth year student at Colorado State University won her second meet in as many weeks, topping the 400 metre field at the Air Forc ...
Nedow and Gale kick off 2022 season with NCAA victories
The 2022 NCAA indoor season kicked off this weekend with a pair of Lions finding success on the track and in the field. Thrower Tommy Nedow and sprinter Lauren Gale were each victorious in their season debuts. Nedow, competing for Southeastern Louisiana ...
By the numbers: The best of 2021
As we prepare to say goodbye to 2021, we take one final pause to look back at the top performances of the year gone by. While the Canada had next to no indoor season in '21, the performances outdoor more than made up for it as Lions athletes prepared for ...
Lion women win Canadian title on home turf
Stepping out on to the open fields at Wesley Clover Parks was just the first obstacle to overcome for sixty Lions runners competing at the first ever Canadian Cross Country Championship in the nation's capital. What was a loose and muddy field on the eve ...
Cox and Newlove produce top finishes at USports XC Championship
The university cross country season concluded Saturday at the 2021 USports Championships hosted by the Laval Rouge et Or in Quebec City. Running on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City. The field of nearly 260 athletes included six Lions' runners. Will ...
Van Brabant tops in the province
Amelia Van Brabant extended her unbeaten streak to four as she took home gold in the U18 girls race at the Ontario Cross Country in Kingston on Sunday. The grade 11 student finished the six kilometre course atop Fort Henry in 21 minutes and 37.2 seconds t ...
Cassidy fourth at New York City Marathon
For Josh Cassidy, competing in last Saturday's New York City Marathon just 27 days after placing fifth at the Boston Marathon would normally not be a newsworthy fact. He is after all, a man has regularly raced Boston on a Monday in April, hopped a plane a ...
Gee-Gee Men finish 8th; Women finish 10th at OUA XC Championships
It was a perfect day for cross country running this past Saturday at the Thames Valley Golf Course in London, home to this year's OUA (Ontario University Athletics) Championships. With the sun beaming down and temperatures hovering near 10 degrees centigr ...