When Sebastian Saville crossed the line to win the 600m at Saturday's uOttawa Winter National Invitational, he knew his time of 1:17.45 was something special. The fourth year psychology student from Carleton University knew right away he had set a new Lou ...

The podium finishes came fast and furious as the Lions opened the new year at competitions across Ontario, Quebec and New York. In total, 25 podium finishes were produced - including nine gold medal performances. The Can-Am Classic at the University of Wi ...

When Athletics Canada announced their 46 athlete Commonwealth Games team destined for Australia's Gold Coast this week there were two familiar faces on the list. Throwers Tim Nedow and Sultana Frizell are heading back to the quadrennial event for the seco ...

Yesterday we broke down some of our highlights from 2017 and today we're taking a look at some of the best performances from the best 12 months. We've converted the performances using the IAAF Points table using the following calculator. There will be one ...

With just one day left in 2017, we thought it best to take one last look back at the year that was for the Ottawa Lions before switching our attention to the 2018. Here are some of our top highlights from the past 12 months. Ottawa hosts the nation It was ...

Lions, Gee Gees and Ravens combined to win 19 medals at last weekend's Martlet Open in Montreal to round out the 2017 calendar year. The haul included seven gold, including Alex Maxwell's double victory in the 1500m and 3000m races. For Maxwell, both winn ...

It was classic cross country weather Saturday as 35 Lions went to battle atop the hills of Kingston's historic Fort Henry at the Canadian Cross Country Championships. Leading the contingent was the youth boys team of Jonathan Rioux, Adrian Fournier, Nico ...

Since the early years of the Ottawa Lions, there isn't much Joe Burke has not undertaken. He's been the throws coach, the head coach and until his recent retirement Burke served as the manager of our very successful youth program for nearly a decade. Burk ...

It was a big weekend for cross country running in Canada with both the Athletics Ontario and USports Championships going off Sunday. The Lions were represented by small contingents at both events. In Bracebridge, only two Lions took part in the provincial ...

Joe Fast is starting to develop a very good habit. The grade 10 student at Ridgemont High School was victorious Saturday in the junior boy's race at the OFSAA Cross Country Championships. It was the third successive gold at a provincial high school champi ...