Ottawa. - Nicole Oudenaarden and Pierce Lepage want to bring the Capital Cup Combined Events title home as they get ready to take on athletes from 11 countries at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility in the nations’ capital. The continental event, held over th ...
’96 Olympic relay icon Glenroy Gilbert grasps head coaching baton for 2017 Worlds
By John MacKinnon for Athletics Canada At a cursory glance, you might think Glenroy Gilbert is slightly out of position as the interim head coach for Canada’s national track and field team in 2017. After all, this is the first seasonal leg of a four-yea ...
Two club records and nine medals on final day of Ontario Championships
It was a record setting day for Lions athletes on the final day of the Athletics Ontario Junior/Senior Championships. Two club records fell, while a further nine medals were added to Saturday's haul of 14. Divya Biswal was the first to re-write the record ...
Nedow's lead Lions to 14 medals on Day 1 of Ontario Championships
The field event athletes were delivering fast and furious on day one of Athletics Ontario Junior/Senior Championships at the University of Windsor picking up a total of 8 of the 14 medals won by Lions athletes. An impressive four medals went to just the N ...
Brown and Heffernan Named to World Para Junior Championships
Athletics Canada today named the team that will compete at the 2017 World Para Athletics Junior Championships in Nottwil, Switzerland from August 3 to 6. This inaugural event will be held at the Swiss Paraplegics Centre, a world renowned fast track of bo ...
Lions win 5 medals and Combined Event Championships
It was a successful weekend on the track and in the field as Ottawa Lions athletes took home a combined five medals from this past weekend's Athletics Ontario Combined Events Championships held in Ottawa. The senior decathlete crew of Telvin Tavernier, Ke ...
Get Your Lions Alumni Pass for Nationals
Dear Ottawa Lions Family, In less than 20 days the Canadian Track & Field Championships return to Ottawa as part of Canada’s 150th celebrations. It’s still early in the outdoor season, but our athletes have set a number of new Canadian records, captur ...
Four Lions named to IPC World Championship Team
When the starting gun goes off at the 2017 IPC World Championships in London this July, four Lions will be wearing the maple leaf as they take their mark on the starting line. Athletics Canada named their 24 member team on Monday including Lion athletes J ...
Lions pick up 10 medals at OFSAA Championships
The high school track and field season culminated this past weekend in Belleville with the ever exciting OFSAA Championships where Lions athletes took home a combined 10 medals over the three days of competition, including three gold. Ridgemont freshman J ...
Bishop finishes 6th at Eugene Diamond League
Competing in a field which included seven of the top eight competitors at last summer's Olympic Games, Melissa Bishop opened her season Saturday with a sixth place finish at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon. Starting out of lane one, Bishop sat n ...