It was a morning of elation and heartbreak for two hurdlers on day five of the Canadian Track and Field Championships at Terry Fox Athletic Facility. For Saj Alhaddad that meant comfortably advancing to tomorrow's 400 metre hurdle final, while Mary Ollier ...
Nedow wins sixth straight Canadian title
While much of the focus tonight at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility was on the sprint straightaway, it was the Lion field eventers who produced the most notable performances, led by Tim Nedow's sixth straight Canadian title in the shot put. Nedow simply do ...
Bronze for Ovington in discus
While the temperatures dropped over night, the performances continue to heat up as Brandon Ovington picks up the fifth medal for the Ottawa Lions at the Canadian Track and Field Championships. Despite only being 17, Ovington unleashed a massive three metr ...
Cassidy second in 1500m wheelchair
If racing nearly 1900 kilometres apart on back to back days is a difficult task, Paralympian Joshua Cassidy showed no ill effect as he raced to a silver medal in the 1500m para wheelchair event at the 2018 Canadian Championship on Thursday. Cassidy, who r ...
11 Lions advance out of morning qualifying
It was a busy morning on the track to start day three of the Canadian Track and Field Championships with a plethora of qualifying rounds taking place for events from 100m to 1500m. In total, 11 Lions athletes advanced on to the semi-finals for their event ...
Lions earn full set of medals on day two of Canadian Championships
As the heat continued to beat down on the track at Terry Fox Wednesday, the first medals of the 2018 Canadian Championships were handed out with Lions athletes picking up a full set of gold, silver and bronze. Runners Keegan Gaunt and Shanna Boutillier we ...
Ellenwood and Filip take Pan American Combined Events Cup in Ottawa
Canada’s Georgia Ellenwood and USA’s Scott Filip capped their 2018 season on a high note by taking the Pan American Combined Events Cup in Ottawa, part of the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge, held at Ottawa’s Terry Fox Athletics Facility July 3-4. Th ...
Lions win 18 medals at Ontario Championship
A barrage of rain didn't manage to slow down Lion athletes last weekend at the Athletics Ontario Junior/Senior Championships at the Pan Am Stadium in Toronto. A total of 21 athletes helped bring home 18 medals including 4 gold. Commonwealth Games medalist ...
ADVISORY – Dragon Boat Festival
Hello Lions, This is just a reminder that Dragon Boat Festival is happening this weekend at Mooney's Bay. Even though the parking lot is supposed to be for the use of patrons of the Terry Fox Athletic Facility, as history has shown us, this event usually ...
Lions trio selected to represent Canada at World U20 Championships
For the second World U20 Championships in a row, three ladies of the Ottawa Lions have been named to represent Team Canada. The Championships, which run July 10-15 in Tampere, Finland, will include Keira Christie-Galloway, Lauren Gale and Sharelle Samuel. ...