The preliminary rounds of the NCAA outdoor championships took place this past weekend with the top 48 ranked athletes from each of the east and west regions fighting for a top 12 finish to advance to the finals in Eugene next month. Among the more than 30 ...
Cassidy wraps up Swiss Racing Series
For many athletes, the COVID-19 pandemic has had immense implications on their ability to compete and ultimately try and find their way to this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Joshua Cassidy is no exception. While Cassidy had achieved the ...
Bishop-Nriagu smashes Club record in 1500 metres
Melissa Bishop-Nriagu concluded her US tour of meets on a high note Saturday, running a blazing time of four minutes and 4.42 seconds for 1500 metres at the Sound Running Track Meet in Irvine, California, to smash her personal best and Club record. The ti ...
Gale sets 200 metre record at Mountain West Championships
Conference championship weekend south of the border has gotten off to a blazing start for Lauren Gale. The Colorado State junior laid down a blistering time of 23.15 seconds to take second place in her 200 metre semi-final. The time eclipses Farah Jacques ...
President’s Corner for May 2021 – with Jennifer Dumoulin
Welcome to the monthly President’s Corner update! 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 monthly meeting ...
Students pushing to honour Lesley Tashlin in Haliburton
The word “champion” can mean different things, depending on context. Lesley Tashlin earned the title by virtue of her winning the 100-metre hurdlers at the 1995 Canadian Track & Field Championships. Now a new generation has championed a new campaign t ...
Bishop-Nriagu hits standard; Nedow sets new discus best
A big weekend on the track and in the field produced a number of marks to celebrate for the Lions, highlighted by Melissa Bishop-Nriagu hitting the Olympic standard in the 800 metres and Tommy Nedow adding nearly two metres to his discus best. After a ...
President’s Corner with Jennifer Dumoulin
What’s going on? Welcome to the President’s Corner! We are excited to announce that every month, we will be doing a President’s Corner to give members a chance to see what’s happening within the Club, especially given that we aren’t able to meet up at th ...
Bishop-Nriagu finishes fourth at Oregon Relays
What was intended to be a fast race, with runners aiming for the Olympic standard of 1:59.50, quickly turned into a tactical effort Saturday in the 800 metres at the Oregon Relays Grand Prix Event. It wasn't the race Melissa Bishop-Nriagu was hoping for, ...
First Club practice held 47 years ago today
Like many of you, I have spent a fair amount of time cooped up in the house since the pandemic began. I've spent some of my time revamping sections of the website, making some big updates to Club stats (more on that to come in the next few weeks), and eve ...