All posts by : Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club

Since it's beginnings 39 years ago, 48 Ottawa Lions members have represented Canada at the Pan American Under 20 Championships. As the 20th edition of the Championship is set to kick off Friday morning at the Estadio Nacional in San José, Costa Rica three ...

This past weekend was another step in the right direction for our U16 and U18 athletes as they continue the march towards next month's Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships in Cape Breton. A team of 32 athletes descended on Quebec City to ta ...

Some of the final preparations for next weekend's Canadian Championships were being put into action this past weekend in North York where the Lions athletes battled it out against the rest of the province for Ontario bragging rights. In total, the Pride b ...

When the Canadian Masters Championships concluded last weekend in Ste. Therese, Quebec, our team of Lions emerged with a pocketful of gold - 11 gold medals to be exact. The winnings were part of an overall haul of 18 medals from the championships includin ...

With the athletics portion of the 30th Universiade set to wrap up Saturday at the Stadio San Paola in Napoli, Italy it was a successful weekend for two Lions athletes. Representing the pride were Farah Abdulkarim in the men's 10,000m and Keira Christie-Ga ...

After ten months of competition and twenty seven races, Erinn Stenman-Fahey ended her season the way anyone would hope to – on a podium. The 21 year old closed out her 2018-19 season Saturday at the North American Central American and Caribbean Under 23 C ...

While some people celebrated Canada Day down on Parliament Hill or in their local community with friends and neighbours, a small pride of Lions gathered in Kanata to toe the line at the Canada Day Road Races. The Run Ottawa event featured races of 1, 5 an ...

Just under a year ago Divya Biswal left her New York City job in finance and headed west with fiancé Justin Wood to live and train full-time in La Verne, California. The change in lifestyle and training environment has paid huge dividends already in this ...

While newcomers to Canada, the pair of Salome Nyirarukundo and Jean Marie Viamey Uwajeneza have been quick to make an impression on the road running scene. The duo, originally from Rwanda, continue their string of strong running as they swept the top spot ...

Just under two years ago John Claude Van Biljon boarded a plane from his native South Africa bound for Ottawa to compete in the IAAF Capital Cup, one of nine stops that year on the World Combined Events Challenge Series. Fast forward to this past weekend ...