By Elio Elia On Oct. 4, Tristan Woodfine of the Ottawa Valley bested his personal marathon record by 2 minutes and 25 seconds and also beat the Canadian Olympic Committee’s (COC) qualifying standard time of 2:11:30, an accomplishment that follows a summer of hard work. “I am definitely happy with the result. I feel I…
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As the temperature begins to drop, so do many of our outdoor options for exercise – snow has a tendency to make it harder to do many of our favourite activities, and with the addition of the COVID-19 pandemic, options become even more limited to what type of activities individuals are able to do. Skiing, snowboarding, skating – there are multiple options – but one long time runner and Running Room Regional Manager, Phil Marsh said a new hobby that many have picked up in the spring is one that does not need to be dropped the minute the temperature goes below zero.
Team of the Month: Ottawa South United PLSQ men’s soccer team Team Members: Daniel Assaf, Jeremy Aweya, Gabriel Bitar, Liam Cassis, Ricky Comba, Dario Conte, Myles Cornwall, Deondrae Fells, Tyler Gowdy, Tareq Hamad, Quinn Honeyman-Wootton, Emad Houache, Kevin Kaba-Kalonji, Moses Kafeero, Stefan Karajovanovic, Ronan Kratt, Federico Leal, Cristopher Malekos, Scott Mazzotta, Mitchell O’Brien, Kyle Potter,…
Outside of some big-bucks pro sports events, COVID-19 has wiped out the bulk of the world’s sports calendar, but the Ottawa Lions Track-and-Field Club has successfully brought back community-level competition.
Read our wall-to-wall coverage of the 2020 Capital XC Challenge here and visit our new Instagram page for photos from the races at https://www.instagram.com/OttawaSportspage/
Running cross-country in his hometown for the first time in 5 years, Toronto-based Sam Kinahan was the somewhat unlikely winner of the Open men’s race at the Oct. 3 Capital XC Challenge.
Thirty-five years separated Liz Maguire and Pippa Norman’s births, but they wound up just 6 seconds apart at the conclusion of the Open women’s 6 km race just to produce the most exciting finish of the day at the Capital XC Challenge.
Sebastian Cino, Jackson Roy, Cameron Porter and Cameron Bruce recorded a perfect team score for Lions Red as they swept all four of the first positions in the under-20 men’s event at the Oct. 3 Capital XC Challenge.
The Ottawa Lions’ Ivy Bialowas and Anna Sierra Heffernan-Wilker returned to their usual spots near the top of the local cross-country running results chart at the Oct. 3 Capital XC Challenge, but the feeling was bittersweet for this pair of Grade 12 Glebe Collegiate Institute students.
COVID-19 has thrown the world off kilter and it kept Derek Strachan from training in a group, but the Capital XC Challenge under-16 boys’ bronze medallist discovered another nemesis hellbent on throwing off his rhythm: Mount Mooney.
Louise Stonham won the final heat of the under-16 girls’ competition to cement the team title for the Ottawa Lions Red crew during the opening event at the Capital XC Challenge.
Getting to run in a team environment had been nothing more than a dream for Stonham through most of the pandemic.
Tim Nedow’s quest for the Tokyo Olympics is the ultimate solitary pursuit. That was the case before the pandemic, and it’s doubly true now. The Ottawa Lions Track-and-Field Club shot putter was on track to throw in front of 68,000 fans at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium this month. Instead, he’s often quite literally the only person training inside the stadium at Terry Fox Athletic Facility.
It was 2012 when an ankle injury sidelined a 22-year-old Farah Jacques. Forced to pause competing in track and field for a year and a half, she realized an itch for a specific goal – becoming an Olympian.
This year’s Olympic Games was supposed to be Alicia Brown’s curtain call.
Now those plans are out the window.
Par le Ottawa Sportspage, pour les Rebelles de Louis-Riel La fin de l’année scolaire fut certainement unique pour la classe de diplômés 2020, mais un aspect constant c’est la grande collection d’élèves-athlètes du programme Sports-Études de l’École secondaire publique Louis-Riel qui poursuivront leurs carrières sportives en université. « C’était assez déchirant de ne pas les…
The Class of 2020’s school year finish was certainly an experience never before seen, but what remained the same was a big crew of student-athletes from Louis-Riel high school’s Sports-Study program inking plans to play varsity sports at universities and colleges.
By Ottawa Sportspage, For Ottawa Lions Track-and-Field Club With many having developed from a young age in the Ottawa Lions Track-and-Field Club’s youth, foundation and aspire programs, more than 2 dozen Lions are now set to tackle the next stage of their athletic careers with university programs. Among them are Doyin Ogunremi and David Adeleye,…
Like most potential Olympians, Eganville-born middle-distance runner Melissa Bishop-Nriagu had a hard time hearing the Tokyo 2020 Games were being postponed.
Elite-level student athletes are a special breed; they’re expected to mix sport, studying and a social life and even sometimes part-time work, but when it comes to Joe Fast, the Ridgemont High School student truly makes you question whether or not there are actually only 24 hours in a day.
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Par Dôme Louis-Riel Est-ce que votre jeune athlète a de la difficulté à choisir seulement un sport ? Il aura l’option de pratiquer une multitude de sports au camp d’été du Dôme Louis-Riel ! Laissez-le explorer toutes ses passions sportives — soccer, badminton, natation, volley-ball, basketball, football, athlétisme, et beaucoup d’autres ! « Les participants peuvent essayer…
By Dome Louis-Riel Does your young athlete have trouble choosing just one sport? They can have it all at the Dome Louis-Riel’s Multi-Sport Summer Camp! Let them explore all their sports passions – soccer, badminton, swimming, volleyball, basketball, touch football, track & field, and many more! The camps align with Sport Canada’s Long-Term Athlete Development…
Les programmes Sports-Exploratoires (7-8e année) et Sports-Études (9 à 12) de l’école secondaire publique Louis-Riel offrent l’équilibre idéal entre les études et la pratique du sport. Il s’agit du programme de choix pour les élèves-athlètes qui sont motivés à atteindre l’excellence dans leurs activités scolaires et sportives. The Exploratory Sports (Grade 7-8) and Sports-Study (9-12)…
They didn’t exactly have a ton of hardware to bring home, but the Glebe Gryphons nevertheless left the Nov. 2 OFSAA Championships in Sudbury as the province’s top cross-country running program.
Glebe completes undefeated decade at 2019 cross-country running city finals.
Read recaps and see photos from each race at the national capital high school XC championships, held on Oct. 24 at the Hornets Nest.
See SportsOttawa.com’s Facebook page for a full album of photos from this race. By Dan Plouffe Adam Sanger, Callum Saravanamuttoo, Sebastian Cino, Owen Pensom and Ben Rundle posted the lowest team score of the day (26) in the largest field of the day (162 senior boys entered) to finish the NCSSAA cross-country running championships the…
See SportsOttawa.com’s Facebook page for a full album of photos from this race. By Dan Plouffe Skye Pellerin won a bronze medal in the senior girls’ race at the NCSSAA cross-country championships on Oct. 24, but she scored a bigger prize pedalling instead of running recently. The Grade 12 St. Francis-Xavier Catholic High School student…
See SportsOttawa.com’s Facebook page for a full album of photos from this race. By Dan Plouffe With all five of its team members in before any other school had more than one runner of their own, the Glebe Gryphons rode to a decisive victory in the junior boys’ competition at the NCSSAA cross-country championships on…
See SportsOttawa.com’s Facebook page for a full album of photos from this race. By Dan Plouffe Charlotte Murchison’s rise continued with a victory in the junior girls’ division at the Oct. 24 NCSSAA cross-country championships, and the Mother Teresa Titan hopes to reach her peak come OFSAA. Or at least make this year’s OFSAA a…
See SportsOttawa.com’s Facebook page for a full album of photos from this race. By Dan Plouffe The Colonel By Cougars displayed “team running” at its best to comfortably win the novice boys’ race and deprive Glebe of a clean sweep across all divisions at the NCSSAA cross-country running championships on Oct. 24 at Hornets Nest.…
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