A small contingent of University of Ottawa Gee-Gee athletes made their way to Ithaca, New York on Saturday for the Greg Page Relays on the campus of Cornell University. Highlighting the day's activities was 2014 CIS Champion Sekou Kaba's scorching opener ...
New era at Terry Fox
It took less than 90 minutes for three historical throwing circles to “disappear” this sunny December morning as the first of many planned upgrades of the Terry Fox Athletics Facility in preparation for the hosting of the 2017 and 2018 Canadian National C ...
Smith Makes Canadian XC Team
It was the case of another Canadian Cross Country Championship, another national team spot earned by runner Claire Smith on Saturday afternoon. After representing Canada at this year's North American, Caribbean and Central America XC Championships, Smith' ...
Lions win 4 medals at Ontario XC Championships
Competing at Fireman's Park in Niagara Falls, the Ottawa Lions equalled their medal haul of a year ago, claiming two individual awards and two team medals at Sunday's Athletics Ontario Championships. The Youth Girls team improved on their bronze medal per ...
Coach McInnis sets World Record in hip replacement recovery
Head coach Andy McInnis is on his way to a speedy recovery following his second hip replacement surgery of the year. The 60 year old leader of the Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club set an Ottawa Hospital physiotherapy test world record in a speed walking ...
McCulloch wins OFSAA Gold
It was another OFSAA Championship and another provincial gold medal for Shona McCulloch, a grade 10 student at Longfields Davidson Heights Secondary School in Barrhaven. McCulloch took home the title in the junior girls 4km race in a time of 14:43.5, near ...
24 Lions set to do battle at OFSAA XC
With the OFSAA Cross Country Championships getting set to kick off Saturday morning with the midget girls race at 10:15 am, two dozen Lions members will be representing their high schools at the provincial championships. Returning medalists from last year ...
Gee Gee Women Qualify for CIS Championships
It was an exciting Saturday morning atop the hills of Fort Henry in Kingston as the University of Ottawa Gee Gee women's cross country team finished fifth overall at the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Championships to earn a spot at the Canadian Inter ...
Ottawa Lions to Host Awards Banquet November 8
Ottawa Lions athletes have put on an excellent display of athletic prowess over the past year, while coaches and volunteers have continued to show the tremendous dedication that has made the club Canada's best. On November 8 we will gather at the Arrow an ...
Track Open, but Youth Program Cancelled Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 While Terry Fox Athletic Facility remains open for practice, the Youth Program (ages 6-12) is cancelled due to the on-going lockdown situation downtown today. Throwing practice with coach Joe Burke is also cancelled for tonight ...