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 ...
Lions kick off outdoor season with record and personal bests
It's not often we have athletes lacing up their shoes for outdoor competition in the second week of March, but these times are far from normal. Melissa Bishop-Nriagu and Tommy Nedow each put their opportunity to good use, walking away with personal best p ...
Back on track – Lions athletes return to formal practices
Incredible. It was all the words Foundation and Aspire program director Zach Quevillon needed to express his feelings about being back at practice. After two months of lockdown, where treadmills, Zoom workouts, and other at home training became the nor ...
Gale breaks own record in Iowa
The sport of athletics is all about pushing through barriers, whether that be distance or time. For Lauren Gale, her performance at last weekend's Iowa State Classic was just another example of breaking through a time barrier. The Colorado State Universit ...
Board of Directors adds four new members
The Ottawa Lions are pleased to announce the appointment of four new board members at the February 1, 2021 Annual General Meeting. Joining the Board are James Bruce, Andrew Heffernan, Noah Houlton, and Jennifer Perrault. As a current athlete, Heffernan ...
Weekend Update
With the first weekend of February upon us, Lions athletes competing for their NCAA schools are another week closer to championship meets and this weekend's results showed they are rounding in to form. Staying undefeated this season was Colorado State ju ...
Registration open for summer camps
The Ottawa Lions are pleased to announce registration is now open for our 2021 Youth Summer Camps. Offering half day programs designed for athletes aged 7-11 and 12-14 years old, the program targets the physical “hurdles” our youth may approach by applyin ...
Nedow and Christie-Galloway land on podium in NCAA competition
It was a small but successful contingent of Lions athletes competing this weekend south of the border with both Tommy Nedow and Keira Christie-Galloway finding their way to the podium after seasonal best performances in their respective events. Nedow, co ...
Lions have early success south of the border
While facilities may be closed here in Canada, a small contingent of Lions athletes have opened up their competition season on the collegiate circuit south of the border with some solid performances and a few victories. Thrower Tommy Nedow got off to a ...