Terry Fox Aerial

Newsletter for October 2020

Dear Members , As November approaches we head into the final week of our fall programing. This has been unlike any other fall and the club continues to show its resiliency as we navigate the constantly changing environment COVID-19 imposes on us. ...

Ottawa’s Maeliss Trapeau awaits the start of the 600m at the 2020 OUA Track and Field Championships in Toronto Ontario, Saturday,  February 22, 2020.
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2020 season ends with silver lining for Trapeau

A little over six months after stepping off the track at the USports Championships in Edmonton, Maeliss Trapeau was back in  Championship form this past weekend in the 800 metres at the French Open and U23 Championships. While Trapeau stepped off the ...

(Ottawa, Canada---08 July 2017) Maeliss Trapeau competing in the U20 800m semi-finals at the 2017 Canadian Track and Field Championships. (Photo by Sean W Burges / Mundo Sport Images).

Trapeau in top form ahead of French Championships

It was a week to remember for 800 metre specialist Maëliss Trapeau as the fourth year University of Ottawa student made her final preparations ahead of the French Championships, including back-to-back lifetime best performances. Following a personal ...

OTTAWA - August 19, 2020: Caitlin McMann at the fifth Ottawa Summer Twilight Series meet of 2020, held under COVID-19 protocols at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility.

Lions close out 2019-20 season on high note

Dear members. It is with a mix of emotions that the Ottawa Lions closed out the 2019-2020 season this past Saturday. There is no question that something was missing this year and amongst the emotions that go with the unknown as the world changed in mid- ...

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Bishop-Nriagu and Crew highlight Twilight #3

When Melissa Bishop-Nriagu toed the line at Wednesday night's Twilight Meet it marked the first time the two time Olympian had competed in the summer series in more than a decade. Her last appearance was July 18, 2007 when the then 18 year old Bishop-Nria ...

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Alexis nearly sets world masters record

It's not every day you come out to the track and almost see a World Record set. Well, for the small number of athletes and coaches in attendance at Wednesday night's Summer Twilight #2 that's exactly what they got. For as long as Wendy Alexis has been ...