Pole vaulter Zachary Kerr got day two of the Canadian Junior Championships started off on the right foot, picking up the first medal of the championships for a Lions athlete. Kerr, a four time OFSAA champion, had a best clearance of 4.45m before failing o ...
Steeplechasers highlight Day 1 at Junior Championships
It may have been a light first day at the Canadian Junior Championships in Ste. Therese, Quebec, but Lion's steeplechasers made the most of the day's only finals. Ontario high school girls champion Maggie Scheunert hit the track first, in the women's 2000 ...
Maddex and Biocchi named to NACAC Team
Among the 35 athletes named today to represent Canada at the upcoming NACAC U23 Championships are two of the Ottawa Lions very best - hurdler Ashlea Maddex and sprinter Devin Biocchi. The three day championship, which brings together the best espoir athle ...
Lions Athletes Win 15 medals at Nationals
Lions athletes wrapped up the 2014 Canadian Championships with a bang on Sunday, walking away with seven of the club’s total 15 medals for the championship. Highlighting the day’s medal haul was Josh Cassidy’s double medal day as well as back to back gold ...
20 Lions to Compete at Nationals
The 2014 Canadian Track and Field Championships are set to kick off Friday in Moncton with 20 Lions athletes ready to do battle over the three day competition. The contingent is led by defending champions, Sultana Frizell, Melissa Bishop, Rachael Burrows, ...
Smith does it again
Another Twilight Meet, another record for Claire Smith. Actually, make that another two records as the 17 year old Glebe Collegiate student smashed her own Canadian Youth Record in the 3000m and at the same time took out a 22 year old Meet Record. Claire' ...
Record setting week for Smith
It's been a busy and highly successful week for Glebe Collegiate grade 11 student Claire Smith. How else would you characterize a week that included a World Junior Championship standard, provincial championship, Ontario record and Canadian record! While S ...
Lions win 16 medals at OFSAA Championships
Not since 2009 had a contingent of Lions athletes brought home as many medals from OFSAA, the Ontario High School Championships, as 13 athletes won 16 medals, including five gold. The first gold came Friday from Maggie Scheunert of Garneau HS in the open ...
Five Lions to Wear Maple Leaf in Glasgow
With 49 days to go before the 20th Commonwealth Games kick off in Glasgow, Scotland five Ottawa Lions athletes have been given the nod to suit up for Team Canada. Leading the Lions contingent will be 2010 medallists Sultana Frizell and Josh Cassidy as th ...
Robertson breaks 400m record again
He keeps getting older and his times keeping getting faster. For sprinter Michael Robertson, record breaking seems to have a become a bit of a habit of late as he bettered his own club 400m record for the third time in less than 10 months on Saturday at ...