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 ...
Smith and Makinde receive Game Plan Scholarships
Among the nine Team Canada athletes to be awarded Game Plan Scholarships to build their business skills were two familiar names to the Lions pride. Two time Olympians Oluseyi Smith and Oluwasegun Makinde will be returning to the classroom over the coming ...
Nedow hits Olympic Standard; Gale sets new bests
Just under two years ago, shot putter Tim Nedow heaved a 16 pound iron ball beyond the Olympic Qualifying standard of 21.10 metres at a competition in California. Unfortunately for the DePaul University graduate, the massive throw came 11 days before the ...
Jacques named to World Relays 4×100 metre team
Among the 24 athletes named to represent Canada at next month's World Relays event in Chorzow, Poland was the familiar Farah Jacques. The 31-year old Jacques has been a mainstay in the relay program over the past five years. The event at Silesian Stadium ...
April Update from Richard Johnston
Dear members, Please take a quick read over the following message regarding the impacts of the most recent provincial announcement. On Thursday, April 1st, Premier Doug Ford announced that as of 12:01am Saturday, April 3rd the province will go i ...