Day four of athletics competition of the Francophone Games saw three Lions in competition with hammer thrower Sultana Frizell the only one competing in a final. After sitting in third for the majority of the competition with a best throw of 67.85m, Frizel ...
Makinde and Thom add two more medals to Lions tally
Ottawa Lions athletes kept rolling on day three of the Francophone Games in Nice as Oluwasegun Makinde and Curtis Thom each found their way onto the podium today. Running the second leg of the 4x100m relay team, Makinde helped propel Canada to gold and a ...
Kaba golden in France
What can a little hard work and positive thinking do? Well for Lions hurdler, Sekou Kaba, it propelled him to the top of the medal podium today at the 7ieme Jeux de la Francophonie. Kaba, who battled some nagging injuries earlier in the season, was in fin ...
Kaba kicks off Francophone Games on Wednesday
With the Francophone Games entering the second day of athletics competition on Wednesday, Sekou Kaba will kick off the competition for the large Lions delegation in France. Kaba is scheduled to run in the 110m hurdle final Wednesday morning at 9am eastern ...
Wardle To Enter Hall Of Fame
Making headlines again, octogenarian speedster Ray Wardle will be recognized twice by Ontario Masters Athletics at the upcoming Athletics Ontario awards banquet at the end of the month. Wardle is being recognized for his role in two world records this pas ...
Alexis wins global gold in Italy
It was a successful World Masters Games for two Ottawa Lions athletes who made their way to Torino, Italy last month, picking up a combined three medals. Leading the haul was sprinter Wendy Alexis, competing in the W55 category, as she picked up the sprin ...
Biocchi wins gold and bronze at Canada Summer Games
It was a successful week at the Canada Summer Games for 400m sprinter Devin Biocchi. The soon to be senior at the University of Ottawa started off by picking up bronze in the individual 400m on Thursday with a last second surge at the line. The late surg ...
Youth Girls set 4x400m record
The 2013 Canadian Youth Championships ended with a bang on Sunday as the quartet of Annie Dai, Reilly Jones, Alexia Lamothe and Erinn Stenman-Fahey set a new Canadian Youth Championship Club record in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:49.85. The previous ...
Stenman-Fahey runs away with silver
It was another day and another medal for the Ottawa Lions at the Canadian Youth Championships in Langley, BC. Running against girls a year older then her, Erinn Stenman-Fahey picked up a silver medal in the U18 girls 400m, crossing the line in a new perso ...
Youth Girls win 4x100m Silver
After the first day of the 2013 Canadian Youth Championships, the Ottawa Lions are already on the medal table with a silver in the youth girls 4x100m relay team. The team of Anni Dai, Alexia Lamothe, Ali Chiarelli and Reilly Jones crossed the line in a ti ...