As we approach a flurry of collegiate conference championships this coming weekend, the Lions hosted the Ravens Last Chance this past weekend with a number of Gee Gee athletes improving their ranking ahead of the OUA Championships, highlighted by Caroline ...
Nedow takes big first step towards Tokyo
The last time we saw shot putter Tim Nedow in action he had heaved a 16 pound ball 20.85 metres enroute to a ninth place finish at last year's World Championships in Doha. Nedow was part of the greatest shot put competition in history and the level of com ...
Fast times at Harvard and BU
It was two for the price of one last weekend in Massachusetts for the Lions crew. A double header weekend that included a stops at both Harvard and Boston University produced a number of personal bests and more than a few all-time top ten marks. Among th ...
Nedow named top male athlete in Ottawa
National Champion, Olympian, Pan American and Commonwealth Games medalist. These are all titles used to describe shot putter Tim Nedow. Wednesday night at the 67th Annual Ottawa Sport Awards, Nedow could add another - Ottawa's Male Athlete of the Year. T ...
Jacques, Clarke and Poirier golden in Montreal
To quote Beyonce, "Who run the world? Girls!" In the case of this past weekend, it was Farah Jacques, Madison Clarke and Caroline Poirier who all ran and jumped their way to gold medals at this past weekend's McGill Team Challenge - historically the large ...
Bishop-Nriagu victorious in Michigan
Melissa Bishop-Nriagu opened up her run to Tokyo with a victory this past weekend at the Wolverine Invitational on the campus of the University of Michigan. Competing at 600 metres, the two time Olympian was the class of the field, winning in a meet recor ...
Notice to Members
Dear Members, The Ottawa Lions Board of Directors acknowledges Athletics Canada’s recent statement (included below) regarding the resolution of the appeal before the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) of former Board members regarding th ...
Highlights from 2019
Divya breaks both jump records Twenty five years ago “The Sign” by Ace of Base topped the music charts, “Forest Gump” made it’s debut in theatres and the world was enamored with Netscape Navigator as a way to get around the early days of the internet. It ...
By the Numbers: The Best of 2019
With 2019 in the rear view mirror, we thought it best to take a final look at the top performances of the past year. Using the IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics for both indoors and outdoors, we have ranked the Top-50 performances of the past twelve months ...
Lions win 14 events at Saints Holiday Relays
It was a smaller than usual group of athletes heading down the 416 and across the international bridge to St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York last weekend, but that didn't stop the group from bringing home 23 medals, including 14 gold. Combined, t ...