Last night on a crowed downtown street in Lawrence, Kansas re-minted Ottawa Lion shot putter Tim Nedow opened his 2015 season and began his march to Beijing. Finishing fourth, with a best effort of 20.52m Friday night, the Brockville native surpassed the ...
Lions recognized at University of Ottawa Athletics Banquet
As the University of Ottawa gathered tonight to celebrate the best in Gee-Gee athletics from the past eight months, four Lions athletes were honoured for their performances across cross country and track and field. The winners were as follows: MATHIEU VIE ...
Dome closed Saturday April 11
Dear Members, Due to circumstances beyond our control the Dome will be closed for all training Saturday April 11 2015. Sorry to all Coaches and Athletes for the inconvenience. Ottawa Lions
Kaba sizzles in Florida sun
Hurdles is all about finding your rhythm and Sekou Kaba appears to be finding his early this season. The Francophone Games champion dropped seven hundredths of his lifetime best in the 110m event, running 13.61 seconds to win his heat and finish ninth ove ...
Lions weekend round-up
While the weather was just peaking above the freezing mark at home on Friday, the trio of Sekou Kaba, Karelle Edwards and Oluwasegun Makinde were in the north of Florida looking for hot temperatures and even hotter times on the track as they open their 20 ...
Rick Mercer catches up with Lions' Paralympians
On Wednesday night's broadcast of the Mercer Report on CBC, host Rick Mercer caught up with Lions athletes, Josh Cassidy, Jason Dunkerley and his guide Joshua Karanja. The trio give Rick an introduction to how they compete in the lead up to this summer's ...
Lions win two medals at CIS and NCAA Championships
Championship weekend has come to a close and Lions athletes walked away with two silver medals from the Canadian Interuniversity (CIS) and NCAA Championships. Divya Biswal leapt to a silver at the NCAA Division III Championships while Ashley Connell grabb ...
Gale re-writes record book
The Dome Super Saturday Series ended with a bang this past weekend with no less than 15 Dome records falling by the wayside. Leading the way was 15 year old Lauren Gale who broke no less than six age group records across the 100m, 200m and 400m. With a ne ...
Big Championship Weekend for Lions
It was conference championship weekend across most of North America and Lions athletes made themselves known, picking up 12 medals. 2 conference records and 1 school record. At the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Championships at York University, Devya ...
Smith helps Canada to gold in Colombia
It may not have been like any cross country meet she's run in Canada, but 17 year old Claire Smith performed well in the inaugural Panamerican Cross Country Championships Saturday in Barranquilla, Colombia. The grade 12 student completed the 5km course of ...