(Ottawa, CANADA - 28 September 2024) André Alie-Lamarche competing at the Capital XC Challenge at Mooney’s Bay Park. 2024 Sean Burges / Mundo Sport Images. If posting to social media please tag @mundosportimages

Alie-Lamarche Shines at Capital XC Challenge, Lions Dominate Elementary Races

by linkinbioLocalUniversity

The Ottawa Lions were out in full force yesterday at the Capital XC Challenge, hosted at Mooney’s Bay Park under clear, sunny skies. Temperatures in the mid-20s set the stage for a great day of racing, and André Alie-Lamarche delivered the headline performance, securing second place in the open/university men’s 6km race.

Alie-Lamarche, fresh off a victory at St. Lawrence the previous week, made an aggressive start, surging to the front of the pack. However, Laval’s defending USports Champion, Philippe Morneau-Cartier, proved too strong, breaking away in the second lap to win comfortably in 18:14.86. Alie-Lamarche crossed the line in an impressive 18:41.59, capping off a strong week of competition.

The University of Ottawa Gee-Gees men finished 7th overall with 193 points, led by William McLeish, who completed the course in 20:36.31. Carleton University’s top finisher was Nicholas Parsons, placing 95th overall.

On the women’s side, Melina Hamel once again led the Gee-Gees, finishing 23rd in a time of 24:07.53. The Gee-Gees women mirrored the men’s result, also placing 7th in the team standings. Carleton’s Sarah Gross, a first-year student, made a strong debut, finishing 45th overall. Notably, Liz Maguire, fresh from a silver medal in the World Masters 1500m, placed 48th.

In the elementary school division, the Lions dominated the day, capturing all six team titles across three age groups, showcasing the strength of the club’s developmental programs.

In other cross-country action, Amelia Van Brabant made her collegiate debut for Boston College, running in the prestigious Nuttycombe Invitational at the University of Wisconsin. Van Brabant placed 46th in the Women’s “B” race, completing the 6km course in 22:50.2, marking a solid start to her collegiate career.

Full results from Capital XC Challenge are available on our website.

(Canton, United States---21 September 2024) Andre Alie-Lamarche of Ottawa Lions TF Clubcompeting at the Ronald C Hoffman XC Invitational on the campus of St Lawrence University 2024 Miles Ryan / Mundo Sport Images. If posting to social media please tag @mundosportimages

Alie-Lamarche Steals the Show at Hoffman Invitational

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André Alie-Lamarche stole the show at the Ronald C. Hoffman Cross Country Invitational on Saturday, winning the men’s race in an impressive time of 25:10.2. His commanding performance on the 8 km course propelled him to the top of the podium in a highly competitive field, where he battled a pair of All-Canadians from Queen’s all the way to the finish line. Alie-Lamarche’s winning time was the eighth fastest ever recorded on the St. Lawrence University course.

The 32nd edition of the Hoffman Invitational provided ideal conditions for cross-country running in upstate New York, with more than a dozen teams competing in both the men’s and women’s races.

Vroom Helps Queen’s Capture Women’s Team Title
In the women’s race, Elizabeth Vroom delivered a standout performance for Queen’s University, finishing 7th overall with a time of 23:23.2 on the 6 km course. As Queen’s third scorer, her finish was crucial in securing the women’s team title, helping them edge Middlebury College of Vermont by 11 points.

Gee-Gees Women Claim 4th Place
The University of Ottawa women’s team battled to a 4th place finish, scoring 135 points with an average time of 26:42.0. Leading the team was sophomore Melina Hamel, who placed 18th with a time of 24:14.4. Senior Kylee Fowler followed closely, crossing the line in 24:53.3 for 21st place.

Seniors Elliot Tyman and Katarina Culhane added valuable points with 27th and 33rd-place finishes, respectively, while freshman Lorelie Houde completed the scoring in 29:12.3, earning 36th place overall. Freshman Emma Strano was just behind in 37th, finishing in 29:14.7.

Men’s Team Fights for 6th Place Finish
For the University of Ottawa men’s team, sophomore William McLeish led the charge, finishing 26th overall with a time of 28:06.9. Junior Zach Sikka followed closely in 32nd, crossing the line in 28:41.7. Juniors Fred Parent and Adriano Padoin-Castillo added solid performances, finishing 39th and 40th, respectively, helping the team to a 6th place finish with a total score of 188 points. Freshman Rory O’Connell rounded out the scoring five with a time of 33:20.8.

Belan Makes University Debut
In his first year with the Guelph Gryphons, Nicolas Belan got his first taste of university cross-country action at the Vigars & Salter Western Invitational in London. Belan was Guelph’s ninth runner, finishing the Thames Valley course in 27 minutes and 18 seconds, placing 43rd overall.

At the same meet, Lauren Alexander made her debut with the host Western Mustangs. Western coach and Ottawa Lions alum, Scott MacDonald, noted that Lauren ran a strong opening five kilometres before having to pull out due to foot pain.

Looking Ahead
Both University of Ottawa teams will aim to build on these performances as they look toward the OUA Championships at the end of October. Next up for the Gee-Gees is Capital XC this coming Saturday at Mooney’s Bay, where they will be joined by the Ravens of Carleton and a number of Ottawa Lions runners.

For full results and photos from the meet, please visit our results page.

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Cassidy Conquers Sydney, Seaby Shines in Alabama, and Gardiner Helps McGill to Victory

by InternationallinkinbioUniversity

It was a busy weekend for Ottawa Lions athletes, with standout performances coming from Sydney, Alabama, and Montreal.

Joshua Cassidy continues to show why he’s one of Canada’s premier wheelchair athletes, taking the victory in the Sydney Marathon on Sunday. Cassidy crossed the finish line in 1:38:35, overcoming the race’s technical challenges, including a grueling 317 meters of elevation gain. Japan’s Sho Watanabe and Kota Hokonuie followed in second and third, finishing in 1:42:21 and 1:42:23, respectively.

Following the race, Cassidy shared his thoughts on Instagram, saying:
“Felt really good out there today. One of the toughest courses, technical with 317m elevation gain. Wasn’t sure how it would go with the changes and some strong Japanese athletes this year. It’s a challenging course. Really happy with this.”

In Huntsville, Alabama, Maddie Seaby kicked off her sophomore season with an impressive showing at the Southern Showcase. Running for the University of Louisville, Seaby placed 18th overall with a time of 17:13.31, a significant improvement of nearly 50 seconds over her season opener last year. Her performance helped Louisville to a second-place team finish.

Meanwhile, back in Canada, Zoe Gardiner helped McGill University to victory at the McGill Invitational in Montreal. Gardiner finished 12th overall on the 6km course with a time of 23:48, contributing to McGill’s team title. A neuroscience student, Gardiner has a unique athletic background, having previously played for the Martlets soccer team in her first three years at McGill. Morgane McKay, another Ottawa Lions athlete and first-year student at McGill, placed 43rd in 26:16 but did not score for the team.

(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. 

(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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Gale sets new Canadian standard at Ravens Last Chance Meet

by linkinbioNationalUniversity

She’s done it again folks! For the fourth time in her career, Lauren Gale is the holder of a Canadian record. This time it’s at 300 metres. 

Gale, who previously set Canadian indoor standards at 200 and 400 metres as well as the 4×400 metre relay during the 2022 season, closed out her 2024 indoor campaign with an eye popping 36.48 second 300 metre run to obliterate the rest of the field at the Ravens Last Chance Meet at the Dome @ Louis-Riel. 

The Tokyo Olympian appeared primed for a big performance after dropping a massive personal best of 7.46 seconds over 60 metres in the lead up to the 300. Gale’s time in the short sprint was the fourth fastest in Club history. 

Ladonna Antoine set the previous Canadian best over 300 metres of 36.64 seconds in Brisbane during a tune up meet for the Sydney Olympics. Gale was nine months old at the time.

While Gale’s mark of 36.48 was set indoors at the Louis-Riel Dome, it will not count as a Canadian Indoor Record due to the oversized length of the Dome’s track. 

A number of other Lions enjoyed success over 300 metres Saturday. Chief among them was the second place finisher behind Gale, Victoria McIntyre, who also booked a ticket on the PB-train. McIntyre crossed the line in a time of 38.66 seconds, dropping nearly four tenths of a second off her previous best to move to equal number five in Club history. Like Gale, McIntyre’s all-time performance came in the wake of a personal best over 60 metres (7.69).

Doyin Ogunremi placed third behind her two club mates at 300 metres – finishing in 38.73 seconds. The fourth year Health Science student’s performance set a new standard for the University of Ottawa, besting the previous standard of 39.29 set by Christianne Lela in 2008. Ogunremi’s performance was also the seventh fastest in Club history. 

Rounding out the notable 300 metre performances was Jorai Oppong-Nketiah. The grade 10 student recorded a personal best of 40.51 seconds to move to tenth on the Club’s U18 girls list. 

With his victory at 1000 metres, Nicolas Belan made people sit up and take notice. The 18-year-old took home the victory in an impressive clocking of 2 minutes and 26.88 seconds. Belan’s performance was not only a meet record, but broke the Dome’s U20 record and moved him to fourth on the Club’s all-time U20 list and tenth on the Open list. 

Rounding out the action, Adelle McLeod continued to rewrite the Carleton University record books. For the second time in as many competitions, the first year student leapt her way to new records in the long jump (5.13m) and triple jump (11.18m).

Varsity programs will return to action this Friday as they kick off conference championships in Windsor (uOttawa) and Quebec City (Carleton).

For full results from the Ravens Last Chance Meet, please visit our results page.

Photos from the event can be found on Mundo Sports Images.

Updated rankings are also available:

Ottawa Lions
University of Ottawa Gee-Gees
Carleton University Ravens