It was just a little more than 12 hours after taking gold in the Para Wheelchair 5000 metres and Joshua Cassidy was ascending to the top of the medal podium once again - this time in the the 1500 metres. The veteran won comfortably in a time of three minu ...
Cassidy golden on opening day of Canadian Championships
It may be a year away, but Tokyo and the 2020 Paralympic Games is front of mind for veteran wheelchair racer Joshua Cassidy. The 34 year old took another step towards Tokyo with a victory in last night's Para Wheelchair 5000m at the Canadian Championships ...
Lions Roar at NACAC Masters Event
In preparation for next year's World Master's Championships set for Toronto next summer, a number of Lions athletes head south on the 401 last weekend to compete at the North and Central America and Caribbean Region of World Masters Athletics Championship ...
Gale Breaks Canadian Record at Pan Am U20 Championships
They say records are made to be broken. You just don't always expect them to be broken by teammates. Such was the case for Sharelle Samuel over the weekend as the Canadian U20 4x400 metre relay record she had held for a year was bested at the Pan American ...
Gale, Jovic and Jean set to run at Pan Am Championships
Since it's beginnings 39 years ago, 48 Ottawa Lions members have represented Canada at the Pan American Under 20 Championships. As the 20th edition of the Championship is set to kick off Friday morning at the Estadio Nacional in San José, Costa Rica three ...
Lions continue march to Legion Nationals at Quebec Championships
This past weekend was another step in the right direction for our U16 and U18 athletes as they continue the march towards next month's Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships in Cape Breton. A team of 32 athletes descended on Quebec City to ta ...
Lions win 18 medals at Ontario Championships
Some of the final preparations for next weekend's Canadian Championships were being put into action this past weekend in North York where the Lions athletes battled it out against the rest of the province for Ontario bragging rights. In total, the Pride b ...
Lions win 11 gold medals at Canadian Masters Championships
When the Canadian Masters Championships concluded last weekend in Ste. Therese, Quebec, our team of Lions emerged with a pocketful of gold - 11 gold medals to be exact. The winnings were part of an overall haul of 18 medals from the championships includin ...
Abdulkarim places fifth at World University Games
With the athletics portion of the 30th Universiade set to wrap up Saturday at the Stadio San Paola in Napoli, Italy it was a successful weekend for two Lions athletes. Representing the pride were Farah Abdulkarim in the men's 10,000m and Keira Christie-Ga ...
Stenman-Fahey wins NACAC bronze
After ten months of competition and twenty seven races, Erinn Stenman-Fahey ended her season the way anyone would hope to – on a podium. The 21 year old closed out her 2018-19 season Saturday at the North American Central American and Caribbean Under 23 C ...