For Josh Cassidy, competing in last Saturday's New York City Marathon just 27 days after placing fifth at the Boston Marathon would normally not be a newsworthy fact. He is after all, a man has regularly raced Boston on a Monday in April, hopped a plane a ...
Gee-Gee Men finish 8th; Women finish 10th at OUA XC Championships
It was a perfect day for cross country running this past Saturday at the Thames Valley Golf Course in London, home to this year's OUA (Ontario University Athletics) Championships. With the sun beaming down and temperatures hovering near 10 degrees centigr ...
Lions run well on championship weekend
It was championship weekend across most of the country as the three of the four university conferences held their respective conference events Saturday. Among those finding a way to the podium was Will Cox who took home the bronze medal at the Atlantic Un ...
President’s Corner – October 2021
Hi everyone – and Welcome to our October President’s Corner! The monthly President’s Corner is an opportunity to see what’s happening within the Club, to hear about what our Board of Directors is working on, and to learn about what we discuss at our mo ...
Alie-Lamarche leads Gee-Gees at Marauder Bayfront Open
Running along the shores of Lake Ontario, a small contingent of university and club runners toed the line at the Marauder Bayfront Open last Friday in Hamilton for some fine tuning ahead of the upcoming month of championship running. Gee-Gee runner Andre ...
Pedersen sets new best at Canadian 10k Championships
The 2021 season has been a shift into a new gear for Nicholas Pedersen. The 21-year speaks about a shift in his mentality - to running courageously. The shift continued to pay dividends Sunday morning in Toronto as he set a new lifetime best at the ...
Cassidy fifth at Boston Marathon; XC competes in Sherbrooke
The world's oldest marathon race returned to the streets of Boston Monday morning with a familiar face near the top of the leader board. Canadian record holder Joshua Cassidy placed fifth with a time of 1:28:56 - his fastest marathon since the 2017 editio ...
Estwick named head coach of Team Ontario for Canada Summer Games
In a post on their Instagram feed yesterday, Athletics Ontario announced Leslie Estwick will serve as head coach for Team Ontario for the 2022 Canada Summer Games. The Games are scheduled for August 6-21 with the Athletics portion being held at the newly ...
President’s Corner for September 2021
Hi everyone – and Happy (very early!) October! Welcome to our September President’s Corner! The monthly President’s Corner is an opportunity to see what’s happening within the Club, to hear about what our Board of Directors is working on, and to learn ...
Season starts off with a bang at Capital Cross Country Challenge
Not too often you get to wrap a Dicken's quote into a write up about a cross country race, but the conditions at this past weekend's Capital Cross Country Challenge was straight out of the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities. Friday afternoon's high sc ...