It was classic cross country weather Saturday as 35 Lions went to battle atop the hills of Kingston's historic Fort Henry at the Canadian Cross Country Championships. Leading the contingent was the youth boys team of Jonathan Rioux, Adrian Fournier, Nico ...
Burke inducted in to Hall of Fame
Since the early years of the Ottawa Lions, there isn't much Joe Burke has not undertaken. He's been the throws coach, the head coach and until his recent retirement Burke served as the manager of our very successful youth program for nearly a decade. Burk ...
Newlove 4th at Ontario Championships
It was a big weekend for cross country running in Canada with both the Athletics Ontario and USports Championships going off Sunday. The Lions were represented by small contingents at both events. In Bracebridge, only two Lions took part in the provincial ...
Fast Golden at OFSAA Championships
Joe Fast is starting to develop a very good habit. The grade 10 student at Ridgemont High School was victorious Saturday in the junior boy's race at the OFSAA Cross Country Championships. It was the third successive gold at a provincial high school champi ...
Lions to host Annual Awards Banquet November 18
Ottawa Lions athletes have once again put on an excellent display of athletic prowess over the past year, while coaches and volunteers continue to show the tremendous dedication that has made our club Canada’s best. On November 18 we will gather at the RA ...
Kaba and Thomas find love at track
If you happened to wonder what some of the loud clapping and cheering from the infield at Terry Fox was all about Tuesday night, wonder no longer. Olympian Sekou Kaba got down on one knee and proposed to long term girlfriend and Lions coach Kashani Thomas ...
Four Lions recognized at Athletics Ontario Awards
When Athletics Ontario convened last week to honour the province's best athletes, four Lions athletes were recognized for their outstanding performances on the track and in the field in 2017. Canada's best 800m runner ever, Melissa Bishop, was again recog ...
Silver lining for Fast at Legion Championships
Things appeared to get off to a great start for Joe Fast on Friday at the National Legion Championships in Brandon, Manitoba on Friday. The provincial silver medalist in the Under 16 1200m had appeared to have taken gold, but upon further review, Fast wou ...
Bishop fifth at World Championships
It wasn't the ending Melissa Bishop was hoping for as the IAAF World Championships drew to a close Sunday at the Olympic Stadium in London. The defending silver medalist failed to return to the medal podium, crossing the finish line in fifth. While Bisho ...
Bishop set to begin run to redemption
After an agonizing fourth place finish in the Rio 800m final, Melissa Bishop begins her run back to the global podium today at the IAAF World Championships. The defending world silver medalist will run in heat 2 at 2:34pm eastern today. You can watch live ...