It was another busy weekend for Lions athletes as the the NCAA season is swinging into full steam, the high school outdoor season just kicked off and the club was well represented at the IAAF World Relays in Bahamas. At the Payton Jordan Invitational in S ...
Relays highlight weekend for Lions
It was all about the relay meets this past weekend with the famous Drake and Penn Relays capturing the continent's attention. At the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa it was strictly relay running for Lions athletes Adam Palamar and Matt Bedard. Palamar go ...
Jane Wardlaw, 1929 – 2015
The Ottawa Lions mourn the loss of long time club volunteer Jane Wardlaw who passed away Saturday at the age of 85. Jane, along with her husband of 61 years, Bob, were instrumental in the running of the club during its initial 15 years of existence as th ...
Nedow Surpasses World Standard
Last night on a crowed downtown street in Lawrence, Kansas re-minted Ottawa Lion shot putter Tim Nedow opened his 2015 season and began his march to Beijing. Finishing fourth, with a best effort of 20.52m Friday night, the Brockville native surpassed the ...
Lions recognized at University of Ottawa Athletics Banquet
As the University of Ottawa gathered tonight to celebrate the best in Gee-Gee athletics from the past eight months, four Lions athletes were honoured for their performances across cross country and track and field. The winners were as follows: MATHIEU VIE ...
Dome closed Saturday April 11
Dear Members, Due to circumstances beyond our control the Dome will be closed for all training Saturday April 11 2015. Sorry to all Coaches and Athletes for the inconvenience. Ottawa Lions
Kaba sizzles in Florida sun
Hurdles is all about finding your rhythm and Sekou Kaba appears to be finding his early this season. The Francophone Games champion dropped seven hundredths of his lifetime best in the 110m event, running 13.61 seconds to win his heat and finish ninth ove ...
Lions weekend round-up
While the weather was just peaking above the freezing mark at home on Friday, the trio of Sekou Kaba, Karelle Edwards and Oluwasegun Makinde were in the north of Florida looking for hot temperatures and even hotter times on the track as they open their 20 ...
Rick Mercer catches up with Lions' Paralympians
On Wednesday night's broadcast of the Mercer Report on CBC, host Rick Mercer caught up with Lions athletes, Josh Cassidy, Jason Dunkerley and his guide Joshua Karanja. The trio give Rick an introduction to how they compete in the lead up to this summer's ...
Lions win two medals at CIS and NCAA Championships
Championship weekend has come to a close and Lions athletes walked away with two silver medals from the Canadian Interuniversity (CIS) and NCAA Championships. Divya Biswal leapt to a silver at the NCAA Division III Championships while Ashley Connell grabb ...