Our Manager of Junior Programs, Andrew Pagé, was a guest author on the Run Ottawa blog this week discussing "Why (and how) to get your kids into running this year". Please find an excerpt from Andrew's blog below, with a link to the complete article. The ...
Lions kick off new year in style
It was the first weekend of competition in 2015, and Lions athletes did their best to kick things off on the right foot. Adam Palamar got things started Friday night in Fayetteville at the Arkansas Invitational by taking a commanding victory in the men's ...
2014 – A look at the numbers
As we set out on a new year, we thought it would be helpful to take a look back at 2014 and a few of our accomplishments. Our sport is, by nature, one decided by the numbers. So as we look back, here are some of our numbers for 2014. 1 One Commonwealth Ga ...
Holiday Training Hours
Please be advised that due to the Holiday Season, training times for Ottawa Lions athletes at the Louis Riel Dome will be slightly altered. The Dome has advised us athletes will be allowed to use the track for $5 on days where the facility is only open ha ...
7 Dome Records Fall in Final Meet of 2014
The first Super Saturday Series Meet of the year always seems to produce some record setting performances and this past Saturday's event was no difference with no less than seven facility records falling on the day - all set by females. Among the Lion ath ...
Record breaking day in New York
Club athletes set four meet records and won 16 of the 30 events contested at the St. Lawrence University Holiday Relays on Saturday afternoon in Canton, New York. University of Ottawa senior, Devyani Biswal kicked the meet off with a bang, shaving three t ...
Kaba and Leroy shine in debut
A small contingent of University of Ottawa Gee-Gee athletes made their way to Ithaca, New York on Saturday for the Greg Page Relays on the campus of Cornell University. Highlighting the day's activities was 2014 CIS Champion Sekou Kaba's scorching opener ...
New era at Terry Fox
It took less than 90 minutes for three historical throwing circles to “disappear” this sunny December morning as the first of many planned upgrades of the Terry Fox Athletics Facility in preparation for the hosting of the 2017 and 2018 Canadian National C ...
Smith Makes Canadian XC Team
It was the case of another Canadian Cross Country Championship, another national team spot earned by runner Claire Smith on Saturday afternoon. After representing Canada at this year's North American, Caribbean and Central America XC Championships, Smith' ...
Lions win 4 medals at Ontario XC Championships
Competing at Fireman's Park in Niagara Falls, the Ottawa Lions equalled their medal haul of a year ago, claiming two individual awards and two team medals at Sunday's Athletics Ontario Championships. The Youth Girls team improved on their bronze medal per ...