Dear Ottawa Lions Family, In less than 20 days the Canadian Track & Field Championships return to Ottawa as part of Canada’s 150th celebrations. It’s still early in the outdoor season, but our athletes have set a number of new Canadian records, captur ...

When the starting gun goes off at the 2017 IPC World Championships in London this July, four Lions will be wearing the maple leaf as they take their mark on the starting line. Athletics Canada named their 24 member team on Monday including Lion athletes J ...

The high school track and field season culminated this past weekend in Belleville with the ever exciting OFSAA Championships where Lions athletes took home a combined 10 medals over the three days of competition, including three gold. Ridgemont freshman J ...

Competing in a field which included seven of the top eight competitors at last summer's Olympic Games, Melissa Bishop opened her season Saturday with a sixth place finish at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon. Starting out of lane one, Bishop sat n ...

Athletics Canada announced its Hall of Fame Class of 2017 – Athletes Glenroy Gilbert (Ottawa Lions), Jillian Richardson-Briscoe and Thelma Wright; Coach Peter Manning; and Builders Judy Armstrong and Andy McInnis (Ottawa Lions). Join us on Wednesday, July ...

Olympian Tim Nedow took another step on his way back to a global championship on Thursday, winning Mideast Invitational shot put at Widener University in Pennsylvania. The 6 foot 5 inch Brockville native launched the 16 pound ball out to 20.72m for the vi ...

Olympic relay champion Glenroy Gilbert has been named Canada's head coach for the world track and field championships, while Kim Cousins and Rick Reelie will be Canada's co-head coaches at the world para championships. Athletics Canada remains without a h ...

It was a successful weekend under the Arizona sun for four lady Lions at the Desert Challenge Games in Phoenix this past weekend. Among the highlights were Canadian Record performances by Keegan Gaunt and Shanna Boutilier. As the lone entry in her 800m ra ...

When the athletics portion of the 2017 Francophone Games kicks off in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire on July 28, the Ottawa Lions will be well represented with four participating athletes as well as team coach James Holder. Leading the Lions contingent will be 20 ...

Dear Ottawa Lions family, ,   The 2017 Canadian Track & Field Championships return to Ottawa July 3-9 as part of Canada’s 150th celebrations.   Competition will be fierce as our Olympic and Paralympic heroes, including Ottawa Lions standouts Mel ...