Six more Lions advanced to run, jump or throw another day on Run Ottawa Distance Night. Pole vaulter Julia Maine was the first to secure her place in the championship section of the Canadian Track and Field Championships last night, clearing a height of 3 ...
10 Lions Advance out of Qualifying at Canadian Championships
The opening session of the Canadian U20 and Senior Track and Field Championships saw 10 Lions athletes qualify on to semi-finals on the track or finals in the field. Among the leading performances were hurdlers Tania Bambi and Alexia Lamothe who went 1-2 ...
Brown claims first medal of championships
As the 2017 Canadian Track and Field Championships continued on Tuesday, para events as well as the senior combined events began, bringing the Ottawa Lions their first medal of the championship. Blind athlete, Larissa Brown and her guide Andrew Heffernan ...
Ryan Thomsen in second place after day one of Canadian Championships
After day one of the 2017 Canadian Track and Field Championships, Ryan Thomsen ranks second in the junior men's decathlon with a score of 3222 points. Thomsen, who was recently named to Team Canada for the upcoming Pan American Junior Championships, is 14 ...
Para and multi-event athletes kick off senior competition at the 2017 Canadian Track and Field Championships
Buy #ACTF2017 Tickets #ACTF2017 Schedule and Meet Info Live Meet Results Watch Live on AthleticsCanada.tv starting at 9:30AM ET on July 4th Senior competition at the 2017 Canadian Track and Field Championships begins 10AM Tuesday at Terry Fox Stadium in O ...
Oudenaarden and Lepage aim at Capital Cup title at home
Ottawa. - Nicole Oudenaarden and Pierce Lepage want to bring the Capital Cup Combined Events title home as they get ready to take on athletes from 11 countries at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility in the nations’ capital. The continental event, held over th ...
’96 Olympic relay icon Glenroy Gilbert grasps head coaching baton for 2017 Worlds
By John MacKinnon for Athletics Canada At a cursory glance, you might think Glenroy Gilbert is slightly out of position as the interim head coach for Canada’s national track and field team in 2017. After all, this is the first seasonal leg of a four-yea ...
Two club records and nine medals on final day of Ontario Championships
It was a record setting day for Lions athletes on the final day of the Athletics Ontario Junior/Senior Championships. Two club records fell, while a further nine medals were added to Saturday's haul of 14. Divya Biswal was the first to re-write the record ...
Nedow's lead Lions to 14 medals on Day 1 of Ontario Championships
The field event athletes were delivering fast and furious on day one of Athletics Ontario Junior/Senior Championships at the University of Windsor picking up a total of 8 of the 14 medals won by Lions athletes. An impressive four medals went to just the N ...