It was a quieter week for the Lions on the competition front, but it certainly wasn't without its standout performances. For the second week in a row, Josh Cassidy completed a marathon, finishing 18th at the World Para Athletics Marathon Championships in ...
Canadian marathoners Cassidy, Lakatos, Dupont and Smyth confident ahead of WPA World Marathon Championships
By: Jonathan Yue Four Canadian athletes are set to compete at the WPA World Marathon Championships on Sunday, April 28, looking to use their vast experiences in the marathon to their advantage in a challenging London, England, course. “The London Marathon ...
Divya Biswal leads record breaking weekend for Lions
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 was also when Leslie Estwick se ...
Cassidy cracks Boston Marathon Top 10
The rain was back in style for the start of the 2019 Boston Marathon, but thankfully for the athletes participating, the single digit temperatures of a year ago were not on the forecast. Battling the wet and windy conditions through the streets of Boston, ...
Annual General Meeting to be held April 29th
The Ottawa Lions will host their Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the evening of Monday, April 29, 2019 at 7:30pm. The meeting will take place at Terry Fox Athletic Facility in the blue trailer. All members are invited to attend. A short meeting of the new ...
Solid weekend for the Lions south of the border
It was a quieter weekend on the competition home front for the Lions with only a handful of athletes competing, but there were a few noteworthy performances. For the second weekend in a row Jeremie Venne set a lifetime best, running 3 minutes 48.66 second ...
Lions shine in Arizona sun
It's a story line a lot of us could get used to. For the second weekend in a row the Lions duo of Keira Christie-Galloway and Erinn Stenman-Fahey shone in the cardinal and gold of their Iowa State Cyclones. Both ladies set new lifetime bests under the Ari ...
Decathlon men have strong start to Jim Click Multis
Under the sunny skies of Tucson a trio of Lion decathletes went to battle yesterday at the annual Jim Click Multis on the campus of the University of Arizona. For both Telvin Tavernier and Kevin Nault, it was their second competitive outing of the season, ...
Lions post strong early season results
It was like Oprah was sitting beside the track on Friday screaming "You get a PB! You get a PB! Everyone gets a PB!" Well it wasn't quite everyone but it was an incredible couple hours as Lions athletes faced off against some of the best NCAA competition ...
Letter to Members on Ottawa Lions Suspension of Ken Porter
In light of the recent allegations made against Ken Porter on Athletics Canada’s social media feed, the Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club is, effective immediately, suspending Ken Porter’s affiliation with the Club pending the outcome of the independent i ...