(Langley, Canada---27 July 2023) Maddie Seaby competing on day one of the Canadian Track and Field Championships at the Macleod Athletic Park Stadium. Copyright 2023 Miles Ryan Rowat/ Mundo Sport Images. If posting to social media please tag @mundosportimages

Maddie Seaby Cracks 5000m Top-10 in California Opener

by ClublinkinbioUniversity

In what felt like the unofficial kick off to the outdoor season, Lions athletes put forward a number of outstanding performances over the past four days in California, Florida, Massachusetts, and even here in Ottawa. 

Starting on the west coast, over half a dozen Club athletes were in action at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa. First on the track was Maddie Seaby in the 5000 metres and her result did not disappoint. The first year student at the University of Louisville put forward her second straight personal best at the distance, finishing in a time of 16 minutes and 35.43 seconds. Seaby’s previous best was 16:46.20 at the BU Valentine Invitational in February. 

At the Club level, Maddie’s time ranks her fourth all-time among U20 athletes and ninth overall. In addition, she is now just 5.43 seconds off Athletics Canada’s qualifying standard for this year’s World U20 Athletics Championship scheduled for Peru in September. 

Staying at Azusa, Stephen Evans showed he’s ready to attack the season as he opened up with a 1:48.80 effort for 800 metres following an injury that curtailed his indoor season. USport silver medalist David Adeleye had a tough time with his opener as he battled some strong winds in running 14.61 in the 110 metre hurdles. 

Rounding out the competing contingent at Bryan Clay, Keito Newman ran 55.32 for 400 metre hurdles while Sydney Smith posted a 2:09.65 in a tactical 800 metres. André Alie-Lamarche also opened up his 2024 campaign with a 3:52.05 effort over 1500m.

Fresh off being named to Canada’s entry at the World Relay Championships in The Bahamas next month, Lauren Gale was in action at the Tom Jones Memorial on the campus of the University of Florida. Repeating her performance from two weeks prior, Gale again ran 23.33 seconds for 200 metres, which ranks her third fastest in Canada. Over 400 metres, Gale posted a time of 52.40 seconds to sit equal sixth on the national rankings. 

Up the coast in Massachusetts, Josh Cassidy kicked off his Boston Marathon Weekend with a fifth place finish in the wheelchair 5k. His time of 10 minutes and 58 seconds left the Paralympian 28 seconds off the podium. Cassidy will be back on the road Monday morning for the full marathon where he will look to improve upon his 19th place from a year ago.

Closer to home, the high school season officially kicked off with the Louis-Riel Indoor Meet #2 as a pair of Lions gave a glimpse of what may be in store this spring. Colonel By’s Mason Brennan topped the senior boy’s high jump with a leap of 1.90 metres – height that moves him to equal number seven on the Club U18 all-time list. As well, Louis-Riel’s own, Zachary Jeggo, put together an impressive run of 39.08 seconds in the 300 metre hurdles. Impressively, the time beats his previous best at the distance despite running over hurdles three inches higher. 

Full results from Bryan Clay Invitational can be found on our website.

Update Club rankings are available at https://milesrowat.shinyapps.io/ottl_rankings/

(Windsor, Canada---23 February 2024) Kathryn Moreland competing on Day 1 of the 2024 OUA Track And Field Championships in the Dennis Fairall Fieldhouse on the campus of the University of Windsor. Copyright 2024 Miles Ryan Rowat / Mundo Sport Images. If posting to social media please tag @mundosportimages

Moreland named uOttawa Rookie of the Year

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While Spring was in the air Saturday, we were looking back on a strong winter season indoors as the University of Ottawa handed out their annual athletic awards. A total of five Gee-Gee athletes were recognized by the university for their excellence on the field of play. 

Combined events athlete Kathryn Moreland took home the honour of Garnet Rookie of the Year following a tremendous opening campaign in the garnet and grey. Moreland, who competes in the five event pentathlon, recorded an impressive three individual event personal bests enroute to an overall pentathlon best at the OUA Championships where she placed fourth in the field.

Also at the OUA Championships, Moreland ran leadoff on the Gee-Gees 4×400 metre relay team, putting the team at the front of the pack as they captured OUA bronze out of the slow section. Through that run Moreland also secured her first trip to the USports Championship where the Gee-Gees ran a seasonal best time of 3:54.99 and placed 12th in Canada.

Doyin Ogunremi, a teammate of Moreland’s on the 4×400 metre relay, was recognized Saturday night as the Gee-Gees women’s track and field Most Valuable Player. In addition to  her success on the 4×400 metre relay team, the fourth year student helped this year’s 4×200 metre squad to a place in the national final after they narrowly missed the school record by seven hundredths of a second. 

Beyond her relay success, a massive highlight of Ogunremi’s season will undoubtedly be her school record performance at 300 metres. Running at the Ravens Last Chance Meet, Doyin erased a second off her previous best – running 38.73 seconds to become the first woman in school history to break the 39 second barrier. She would go on to finish fourth in the same event at the OUA Championships and 11th at USports. 

The men’s track and field MVP went to third year student David Moulongou. A team leader, Moulongou put up the 10th fastest time in school history for 300 metres (34.70) – arguably the deepest event in Gee-Gee history. In addition, during his only run at the 60 metre hurdles, Moulongou put up the 13th fastest performance in school history. 

Looking back to the fall season, André Alie-Lamarche and Melina Hamel were each recognized as the men’s and women’s cross country team MVP’s. Alie-Lamarche had a standout season, earning OUA Second Team All-Star recognition for his eighth place finish before going on to a career best 28th place finish at the USports Championship. 

Hamel, a rookie on the cross country team, was the Gee-Gees top finisher at the OUA Championships, finishing 46th overall. In fact, she was the team’s top finisher at all four competitions the Gee-Gees competed in during the season. 

OTTAWA - August 11, 2021: Freya Hurst and Elana Tyman competing at Ottawa Summer Twilight #15 at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility. Photograph Copyright 2001 Miles Rowat / Mundo Sport Images

Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club Announces Exciting Lineup of Meets for Summer 2024 Season

by Clublinkinbio

The Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club is thrilled to unveil its highly anticipated lineup of track and field meets for the upcoming summer season. From seasoned veterans to promising newcomers, athletes of all levels are invited to participate in a series of events that promise to showcase the best of Canadian track and field talent.

The action-packed season kicks off with the Ottawa Spring Kick Start on May 11-12, 2024. Designed to provide athletes with a stellar domestic opportunity to launch their outdoor season, this meet sets the stage for an exhilarating summer of competition.

Following the Ottawa Spring Kick Start, the Ottawa Lions proudly present the return of the Twilight Series for its 37th season. With 10 thrilling meets scheduled from June 5 to August 14, 2024, the Twilight Series stands as the largest series of meets in Canada. Athletes and spectators alike can expect nothing short of electrifying performances and fierce competition throughout the series.

Capping off the summer festivities, the Ottawa Lions will host the prestigious CTFL Final on July 6, 2024. This one-day championship for the Canadian Track and Field League, will feature some of the nation’s top athletes competing in a competition that has received World Athletics Class D status. As the host, the Ottawa Lions are honored to welcome athletes and fans from across the country to witness this pinnacle event.

“We are thrilled to announce our lineup of meets for the summer 2024 season,” said Richard Johnston, executive director of the Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club. “These events not only provide a platform for athletes to showcase their talents but also offer an opportunity for the community to come together and celebrate the spirit of track and field.”

Athletes, coaches, and spectators are encouraged to mark their calendars and join the Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club for an unforgettable summer of athletic excellence.

For more information about the Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club and its upcoming events, visit ottawalions.com/schedule or contact Richard Johnston.

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Lions bring home 9 medals from Canadian Indoor Championships

by linkinbioNational

It was a small group that travelled to Montreal last weekend for the Canadian Indoor Track and Field Championships, but that didn’t stop them from bringing a large collection of medals back to Ottawa with them. In total, Lions athletes captured nine medals over the three day event with nearly half going to the Moreland family. 

Sisters Elizabeth and Kathryn Moreland combined for four medals in Montreal – all of them gold. They each topped their respective fields in the pentathlon on Saturday, a one day test over five events. Kathryn was victorious in the U20 category with a score of 3175 points while Elizabeth totalled 2703 to top the open category. Teammate Coralie Ostertag took home silver behind Elizabeth.

To round out a busy Saturday, all three athletes teamed up with Natalie Feberova, 5th in the U20 pentathlon, to capture top spot in the open women’s 4×200 metre event. 

Elizabeth rounded out her medal haul on the final day of competition with a gold in the high jump. She cleared a height of 1.53 metres for gold, beating out Dynamique de Laval’s Samira Yao by three centimetres.

Two other Lions athletes found their way onto the podium Saturday evening with both Leewinchell Jean and Brooklyn McCormick garnering silver medals in their respective events. 

Competing in the open 60 metre hurdles, Jean lost a tight battle for gold with Durham Legion’s Ashton Colaire. His time of 8.25 seconds, the second fastest time of his season, was just five hundredth’s back of the winner. 

McCormick culminated a long indoor season with national silver at 800 metres. The graduate student at the University of Toronto finished in 2:20.59, beaten to the line by 2020 Olympian Reagan Yee in a tactical affair.

The final day of the Championship saw the Lions add the final two medals to their collection. Nicolas Belan, who has had a very strong indoor season, closed things out with a silver in U20 1500 metres. In a quintessential championship 1500, the 18-year-old lost in a quick to the line with London Western’s Liam Smith, 4:01.30 to 4:01.45. 

Balqis Chouikhi took home the final medal of the Championship as she cleared a height of 2.85 metres in the pole vault to take silver in the U18 event. Chouikhi’s medal is the first national medal for a Lions vaulter since Caroline Poirier also won silver at the 2018 Canadian U20 Championships. 

Full results from the Championship are available on our website.

Updated Club rankings can be found at https://milesrowat.shinyapps.io/ottl_rankings/

(Langley, Canada---28 July 2023) Zachary Jeggo competing on day two of the Canadian Track and Field Championships at the MacLeod Athletic Park Stadium. Copyright 2023 Miles Ryan Rowat/ Mundo Sport Images. If posting to social media please tag @mundosportimages

March Break Training Camp concludes with big performances in Myrtle Beach

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What better way to kick off the outdoor season than with a March Break training camp in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. In what has become an annual tradition of late, 30 athletes ventured to the shores of the Atlantic for a week of training in the sun culminating in a competitive opportunity at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational. 

This year’s edition was quite the successful excursion with no less than 19 personal bests being set in South Carolina.

While far from her high school days, sprinter Victoria McIntyre was not far from the top of the podium in Myrtle Beach. The 28-year-old opened her 2024 campaign with a personal best performance, running 11.85 seconds for 100 metres to finish second. McIntyre’s time now ranks her as the 10th fastest female in Club history. 

After an absolute gem of a season in 2023, Zachary Jeggo wasted no time in showing to the world he’s ready to make 2024 even that much better. The grade 11 student at Louis-Riel chopped nearly four tenths of a second off his previous 400 metre best performance as he took third place in a time of 48.22 seconds. 

In addition to the podium performance, Jeggo’s time set a new Club U18 record in the process, dipping 0.01 seconds under the previous record set by Denray Jean-Jacques at the 2011 Canadian U20 Track and Field Championships.

While not a common distance in Canada, Charlie Mortimer made the most of his opportunity in the mile. A grade 10 student at Hillcrest, Mortimer was first across the line in the Open Men’s section of the mile, winning in a time of 4 minutes and 39.05 seconds. His performance now ranks him third on the Club’s U18 rankings in the event. 

Rounding out the list of top performances was the boy’s 4×200 metre relay team, which placed 12th in the 25 team field colleges and universities. The quartet of Connor England, Jesse Costanzo, Safwan El Mansari, and Zachary Jeggo got the stick twice around the Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium track in a time of 1 minute and 30.47 seconds to move into third on the Club’s all-time U20 rankings. 

For full results from the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational, please visit our website.

Updated Club rankings can be found at https://milesrowat.shinyapps.io/ottl_rankings/

(Windsor, Canada---23 February 2024) David Adeleye competing on Day 1 of the 2024 OUA Track And Field Championships in the Dennis Fairall Fieldhouse on the campus of the University of Windsor. Copyright 2024 Miles Ryan Rowat / Mundo Sport Images. If posting to social media please tag @mundosportimages

Adeleye sets Club U23 record at USports Championship

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When David Adeleye opened up the 2024 USports Track and Field Championships by equalling his Club U23 record in the 60 metre hurdles, we knew we were in for something special. An hour later the fourth year kinesiology student at the University of Toronto stepped back on the track inside the Jim Daly Fieldhouse on the campus of the University of Manitoba and did not disappoint. 

Adeleye crossed the line in blistering time of 7.83 seconds in the final to take home the silver medal – an upgrade from the bronze he won in 2022. As well, his time again set another Club U23 record and also moved David to fourth all-time among Canadian U23 hurdlers.

Toronto teammate Paulina Procyk also found her way into a hurdle final on Friday night. Unfortunately for the fourth year kinesiology student, her finals experience did not produce a similar result. After posting the second fastest time of her career (8.69) to make the final, Procyk ran into hurdle three and ended with a DNF beside her name.

In the field, a pair of throwers from Carleton did not disappoint at the national championships. Graduate student Briana Asiamah kicked things off Friday by matching her pre-event ranking with a fifth place finish. It was Asiamah’s highest finish in three appearances at the championship as she put the 4 kilogram ball out to a distance of 12.97 metres. 

The Gee-Gees Jessica Gyamfi finished eighth with a best throw of 11.93 metres

On the men’s side, Connor Fraser continued to do what he has done all season – break records. Fraser’s throw of 15.35 metres bested his own school record by eight centimetres as he placed sixth overall to move up one spot from his pre-event rankings. The second year criminology student broke the Ravens shot put record a total of four times over his eight meet season. 

A quartet of Gee-Gees narrowly missed a school record of their own. The 4×200 metre relay team of Katie Manor, Emma Martins, Doyin Ogunremi, and Bianca Borgella posted a scorching time of 1:41.88 to nab the eighth and final qualifying spot out of Thursday’s heats. Their performance was just seven hundredths of a second off the existing school record set in 2016. The team was unable to improve on their time in the final and would finish eighth overall.

Also in the women’s 4×200 metre relay, Charlotte Murchison was a member of York University’s team that placed sixth while Audrey Gilmour ran the third leg for McGill as they finished seventh.

Other Lions results from the USports Championship included:

  • Brooklyn McCormick (Toronto) 4x800m – 9:04.06 (7th)
  • Katie Manor (Ottawa) 60m – 7.60 (9th)
  • Brooklyn McCormick (Toronto) 4x400m – 3:53.17 (10th)
  • Lizzy Vroom (Queen’s) 4x800m – 9:05.96 (10th)
  • Doyin Ogunremi (Ottawa) 300m – 40.17 (11th)
  • Kathryn Moreland, Sia Mahajan, Kennedy Banton-Lindsay, Doyin Ogunremi (Ottawa) 4x400m – 3:54.99 (12th)
  • Nolan Legare (Queen’s) 4x800m – 8:08.65 (12th)

Full results from the championship can be found on our website.

Updated rankings are also available:

Ottawa Lions
University of Ottawa Gee-Gees
Carleton University Ravens

(Quebec City, Canada---23 February 2024) Brianna Asiamah competes in the shot put at the 2024 RSEQ University Championships held at the University of Laval. Photograph Copyright 2024 Sean Burges / Mundo Sport Images. If posting to social media please tag @mundosportimages

Shot putters lead Ravens at RSEQ Championship

by linkinbioProvincialUniversity

While Canadians associate winter with ice, the slippery surface is not something typically associated with indoor track and field. However, the Carleton University throwers may beg to differ after their slippery experience at the RSEQ Championships in Quebec City last weekend.

Competing on a well-worn portable circle at the PEPS (Pavillon de l’éducation physique et des sports de l’Université Laval), Carleton’s two nationally ranked shot putters had to adjust to their environment when they discovered they could nearly skate across the shot put ring. 

Graduate student Brianna Asiamah shifted her entire approach to the event because of the circle’s slippery feeling. Despite Asiamah scaling back her full rotation throw down to a half turn, she still emerged victorious with a winning throw of 12.48 metres on her first attempt. While the distance was nearly a metre off her school record, Asiamah finished more than a metre and a half ahead of her nearest competitor. With her victory, Brianna also secured her third straight ticket at the USports Championship.

In the men’s shot put, second year student Connor Fraser may have benefitted from his years of experience playing competitive hockey as he seemed unfettered by the slippery conditions. Fraser pushed the 16 pound ball out to a distance of 15.05 metres, less than a foot off his school record, to claim the silver medal. 

On the track, McGill University sophomore Luca Nicoletti had a very productive first RSEQ Championship after missing last season to an injury. Nicoletti opened the weekend of competition on Friday night by helping the Red Birds to victory in the 4×200 metre relay. He would follow up on day two with an individual medal of his own. The engineering student was clocked in a time of 35.71 seconds as he took home the bronze over 300 metres. 

To close out the RSEQ Championships,Audrey Gilmour picked up a bronze medal of her own in the 4×400 metre. Also running for McGill, Gilmour ran the third leg for the Martlets as they finished in 4:00.55, just seven tenths of a second behind Sherbrooke’s silver medal run.

For complete results and photos from the RSEQ Championships, please visit our results page.

For updated Carleton Ravens all-time rankings, please visit https://milesrowat.shinyapps.io/ravenstf_rankings/

(Windsor, Canada---23 February 2024) David Adeleye competing on Day 1 of the 2024 OUA Track And Field Championships in the Dennis Fairall Fieldhouse on the campus of the University of Windsor. Copyright 2024 Miles Ryan Rowat / Mundo Sport Images. If posting to social media please tag @mundosportimages

Adeleye’s U23 record leads four medal haul from OUA Championships

by linkinbioProvincialUniversity

This year’s OUA Track and Field Championships were a bit of a breakthrough out party for fourth year hurdler David Adeleye. Almost hard to believe for a man in his final year of undergraduate study who holds medals in the sprint hurdles from both USports and the Canadian outdoor championships. 

However, in Friday night’s 60 metre hurdle final, Adeleye did something that had escaped in his previous two attempts – he found his way on to the medal podium at the OUA Championship. In what was likely a preview of the USports final, David took home the silver medal in a club U23 record 7.88 second while the University of Guelph’s Craig Thorne was first across the line in 7.76. 

Adeleye was not the only Lion’s hurdler competing for the Varsity Blues to put forward a breakthrough performance. Paulina Procyk laid down back-to-back lifetime bests in the semi-finals and final to finish fifth overall with a blazing time of 8.63 seconds. The performance puts Procyk sixth on the Club’s U23 all-time list and qualified her for the USports Championship.

For the second year in a row, Lizzy Vroom helped Queen’s University to a bronze medal and  school record in the 4×800 metre relay. However, Vroom was not the only Lion helping the Gaels make a 4×800 podium. First year commerce student Nolan Legare led off the men’s squad as they ran a seasonal best of 7:43.33 to claim the silver medal and secure their spot at the USports Championship.

In the penultimate event of the Championship the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees women’s 4×400 metre relay team captured the school’s sole medal of the championship. Running out of the “slow” section, the quartet of Kathryn Moreland, Katie Manor, Sia Mahajan, and Doyin Ogunremi posted a time of 3:55.34, a scant one one hundredth off their seasonal best, to place ahead of Lakehead University. The Gee-Gees last medal in the 4×400 had come nearly a decade ago at the 2015 championships.

While the Gee-Gees were only able to produce one podium finish, they did post their fair share of near misses. In total, the Gee-Gees produced five fourth place finishes over the two day event.

Kicking off the wave of near medal performances was shot putter Jessica Gyamfi on Friday night. The second year nursing student came as close as one could possibly imagine to the podium. With a personal best effort of 12.83 metres, Gyamfi actually finished in a tie for bronze, but lost on the count back as her second best throw was a single centimetre behind that of Guelph’s Meghan Mori. 

Shortly after Gyamfi, Kathryn Moreland culminated the five discipline pentathlon with a fourth place finish. The second year student could take solace in the fact she too set a personal best – amassing a total of 3333 points. 

Doyin Ogunremi, followed as the next event on the track in the 300 metres.The graduating senior posted her fastest time ever on a 200 metre track, crossing the line in 39.77 seconds. Unfortunately for Ogunremi, Western’s Tieghan Wallace narrowly edged her out from the previous heat of the event by a scant five hundredths of a second. 

On the final day of competition, sprinter Katie Manor was part of two fourth place finishes. Over 60m, the third year student lost a tight battle with York’s Janae Brown on the line – 7.54 to 7.56 seconds. Later in the day, Manor led off a Gee-Gees 4×200 metre squad that included Emma Martins, Doyin Ogunremi, and Bianca Borgella which finished in 1:43.07, to finish one place off the podium.

Full results from the championship can be found on our website.

Updated rankings are also available:

Ottawa Lions
University of Ottawa Gee-Gees
Carleton University Ravens

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CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW: Varsity athletes primed for OUA and RSEQ showdowns

by linkinbioUniversity

It’s Championship weekend across the continent as universities battle it out for conference bragging rights. For the Ottawa Lions, the focus will be on Quebec City and Windsor where the OUA and RSEQ respectively will be held.  

At the RSEQ Championships, the throwing duo of Brianna Asiamah and Connor Fraser will lead the way for the Carleton Ravens. 

Asiamah will be competing in her first RSEQ Championship after twice qualifying for the USports Championship while an undergraduate at the University of Ottawa. She holds a personal best this season of 13.31 metres, which ranks her fourth in the nation and tops among the Quebec conference competitors. 

Fraser has thrice bettered the Carleton school record this season and enters the weekend with a best throw of 15.27 metres. He sits seventh in the national rankings and will square off against Laval’s Anthony Labbe for a shot at the gold medal. 

Rookie Adelle MacLeod will be looking to continue her string of school record performances in the Quebec capital. MacLeod, who is also a member of the Ravens figure skating team, is ranked third heading into the triple jump competition where she has a best leap this season of 11.18 metres. Teammate Ella-Grace Gilbert is also expected to factor into the mix sitting fifth in the rankings heading in. 

Representing McGill University, the Lions’ Luca Nicoletti is a medal threat in both the 60 and 300 metre events. The second year engineering student ranks fourth and third respectively heading into the championship.

Led by school record holders Katie Manor and Doyin Ogunremi, the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees enter this year’s OUA Championships with a shot of bringing a few medals home and securing multiple berths for the USport Championship in two weeks. 

Manor owns a personal best of 7.53 seconds over 60 metres and will be a factor in determining the medals in Windsor as she enters the competition ranked fourth. The third year student will also be in the mix for team points at 300 metres where she is one of eight athletes with a ranking performance under 40 seconds. 

Ogunremi will be among the favourites to step on the medal podium at 300 metres following her record breaking performance less than a week ago. Her run of 38.73 seconds currently ranks her in third. 

The pair of runners will form a core nucleus of both the 4×200 and 4×400 metre relay squads which will be looking to cement their spot for the USport Championship. Each relay is currently ranked 11th nationally with only the top-12 receiving a spot on the starting line in Winnipeg. 

In the field, look for Jessica Gyamfi to make some waves in both the shot put and weight throw events. The second year nursing student enters the shot put ranked fourth in the province with a best of 12.65 metres. She will likely need to better that mark to make the podium Friday night. Gymafi will also contest the weight throw competition where she is ranked seventh.

Representing the University of Toronto, David Adeleye will be a heavy medal favourite in his speciality – the 60 metre hurdles. The fourth-year student currently sits second in the national rankings with a Club U23 record time of 7.90 set two weeks ago on the same Windsor track. With Guelph’s Craig Thorne ranked first in the nation, Friday night’s final should give a good preview of what to expect at the USports Championship.

Audrey Goddard will be looking re-kindle the same OUA magic that led to a lifetime best and bronze medal performance in the pentathlon a year ago. The Western University student enters Friday’s event ranked fourth behind two of her Western teammates. Kathryn Moreland of the Gee-Gees will be gunning for her third personal best of the season as she enters ranked fifth.

South of the border, Maddie Seaby will contest the 3000 metres at her inaugural Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championship.

The stage is set for an exhilarating championship weekend, where these athletes will push their limits for glory and a chance to shine on the national stage. Best of luck to all of the Lions in action this weekend!

For live results from this weekend’s championships, please visit:

OUA Live Results

RSEQ Live Results

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Fastest women in the world lead Lions medal haul at Canadian Masters Championship

by linkinbioMastersNational

In a weekend filled with no less than 24 medals, the 2024 Canadian Masters Indoor Track and Field Championship was an unbridled success for members of the Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club led by two outstanding women who top the world in their respective events.

Leading the charge in the medal tally was the fastest woman on the planet for her age – Wendy Alexis. The 68-year-old sprinted her way to gold in the 50, 60, and 200 metre events to bring her lifetime medal tally to an even 30 gold medals from the Canadian Masters Championships indoors and out. Alexis produced world leading times of 7.81 and 30.89 seconds respectively in the 50 and 200 metres, while her time of 8.98 seconds in the 60 metres was just two hundredths of a second off her world leading time set last month.

Liz Maguire produced the fastest time in the world this year en-route to winning the W55 800 metres. Maguire’s time of 2 minutes and 32.41 seconds bested the previous world lead from the United States’ Michelle Rohl by more than a second. At 1500 metres, Maguire’s winning time 5:08.73 would have topped the world rankings if not for her own faster run earlier this season.

Jay Sneddon also doubled up in the distance events, taking home top spot in the M30 1500 and 3000 metre events. Sneddon’s wins came in times of 4:43.84 and 9:50.93 respectively.

In his first, Canadian Masters Championship, Simon Ha sprinted his way to victory in the M35 50 and 200 metre events while adding a bronze at 60 metres. Veteran competitor Andrew Heffernan claimed the gold in the Men’s 200m for the 35-and-above category and then ran a leg on a Canadian Record breaking 4×400 metre relay team.

Rosalind Muir demonstrated her speed prowess by clinching gold in the W50 200 metres with a time of 36.23 seconds and also notched silvers in both the 50 and 60 metre events.

The women’s 35 and over 800 metre title went to Kimberley Howitt in a time of 2 minutes and 32.28 seconds. Howitt also claimed silver at 400 metres. In similar fashion, the ageless San Seitz topped the field in the M75 high jump with a clearance of 1.25 metres and took silver in the long jump with a leap of 2.95 metres.

Noteworthy performances continued with Michael Conway’s silver in the M35 800m and Michel Smith’s bronze in the M50 200m. Ashley Crawford displayed a commendable bronze trifecta in the Women’s W35 50, 200, and 400 metre events.

Next up for our masters competitors is the Ontario Championships this coming Sunday in Toronto

For updated performance rankings, please visit https://milesrowat.shinyapps.io/ottl_rankings/