Cuba’s Yordanis Garcia claimed his third consecutive title and Yorgelis Rodriguez regained hers at the NACAC Capital Cup Combined Events Invitational, an IAAF Combined Events Challenge meeting, held in Ottawa on June 19-20. Garcia achieved his most comfor ...
Felix, Rodriguez and Osazuwa lead after Day 1 of the NACAC Capital Cup Combined Events Invitational
Grenada’s Kurt Felix leads from defending champion Yordani Garcia in the decathlon at the NACAC Capital Cup Combined Events Invitational, while two-time winner Yorgelis Rodriguez and Nigeria’s Uhunoma Osazuwa share the heptathlon lead after the first day. ...
Ottawa Lions look to grow number of officials
Tomorrow evening (Wednesday, June 10th) at the opening Twilight Meet of the 2015 season, we will begin our launch to re-build our "Ottawa Track & Field Officials Team" working towards our hosting of both the 2017 and 2018 National Championships in Ott ...
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Golden weekend at OFSAA
Over the weekend, Lions athletes did something that had not been accomplished since 2002, taking home a club record equalling 10 gold medals from the OFSAA Track and Field Championships in Toronto. In addition to the haul of golds, Lions athletes all garn ...
Christie-Galloway Wins OFSAA Long Jump Silver
It was déjà-vu all over again for grade 10 student, Keira Christie-Galloway in the junior girls long jump yesterday as she finished second to Claire Larose from London. As in last year’s midget final, Keira held the lead in the fifth round following her b ...
Seven Olympians ready to battle at Capital Cup Combined Events Meeting
Ottawa – Cuba’s Four-time World and Olympic medallist Leonel Suarez and Canada’s Jessica Zelinka lead a group of seven Olympians expected in Ottawa for the inaugural Capital Cup, June 19-21. The event, to be held at Terry Fox Athletic Facility at Mooney’ ...
Lions re-write record book on way to OFSAA
With just one day before the 2015 Ontario High School Championships kick off at Varsity Stadium in Toronto, Lions athletes look set to make a splash with more than 35 making the drive down the 401. Based on the results from last week's regional championsh ...
Nedow fourth in Ostrava
While the scoreboard may have read fourth place, it wasn't the distance shot putter Tim Nedow had been hoping for. With a best throw of 19.96m at the Golden Spike Meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Nedow finished a measly six centimetres off the podium Wedn ...
Glenroy Gilbert to re-take lead of men's 4x100m program
Athletics Canada announced today that Glenroy Gilbert of Ottawa, Ont., will lead the men’s 4x100-metres relay program effective immediately through to the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, China. “The decision was made to help ensure the men’s 4x100-me ...
Karelle Edwards chosen as Ottawa’s Pan Am torchbearer
Orléans resident Karelle Edwards, an Olympic-hopeful in hurdling, has been chosen as Ottawa’s Pan American Games torchbearer. The city was given the opportunity to choose one torchbearer, and put out a call for nominations in January. Edwards said her fat ...