June’s Ottawa Sportspage is now available!
The June 2018 edition of the Ottawa Sportspage newspaper is now available!
Ashbury star strikes gold twice at final OFSAA
One of Ottawa’s most promising high school athletes reclaimed double-gold at OFSAA this year because of a no-brainer: she learned how to hurdle.
Rockin’ Rebelles Wrap: Le Dôme LR propulse les athlètes locaux vers le triomphe sur la piste
–Par Ottawa Sportspage, pour les Rebelles de Louis-Riel Cette année, les athlètes des écoles secondaires locales ont encore une fois présenté d’excellentes performances aux championnats provinciaux d’athlétisme. Pour un grand nombre de médaillés de la région, leur chemin vers la victoire a débuté au Dôme Louis-Riel. « Il peut être difficile pour certains athlètes d’avoir accès…
Rockin’ Rebelles Wrap: Winter home at Dome LR launches local track triumphs
It was another strong showing once again this year by local high school athletes at the OFSAA Track-and-Field Championships, and for many of the region’s medallists, their path to the podium began indoors at the Dome LR.
Sultana swaps hammer for Highland: Back-to-back Commonwealth champ misses repeat medal at Gold Coast 2018, but fun-filled Frizell hungry for Highland Games
The two-time defending Commonwealth Games women’s hammer throw champion finished the always-dreaded one spot off the podium in 4th place, but at least Sultana Frizell didn’t have to contend with farm animals stealing her equipment when she competed in Gold Coast, Australia on Apr. 10.
Athletes from all sports can work with Olympic champ Glenroy Gilbert at Holiday Season Speed Development Clinic
By Ottawa Sportspage, For Golden Form Fitness The man who coached the Canadian men’s relay team to an Olympic medal in 2016 – the first time our country stepped on the 4×100-metre podium since he stood at the top himself in 1996 – is bringing his expertise back to the grassroots with a holiday camp…
Glebe Gryphons city cross-country championship reign reaches 8
By Charlie Pinkerton It was a typically dominant performance by the Glebe Gryphons cross-country team on a perfect day that brought 810 runners together for the National Capital Secondary School Athletic Association’s cross-country championships. The Gryphons won their 8th straight overall aggregate crown, winning team titles in 4 of 6 races (midget and senior boys…
Gloucester runner wins gold in city cross-country championship
See a photo gallery of this race on SportsOttawa.com’s Facebook page. By Charlie Pinkerton Wagging his index finger in the air as he crossed the finish line in 1st place for the first time, Gloucester’s Andre Alie-Lamarche won the gold medal in the final race at Thursday’s National Capital Secondary School Athletic Association cross-country…
Senior Glebe girls sweep podium in cross-country senior championship
See a photo gallery of this race on SportsOttawa.com’s Facebook page. By Charlie Pinkerton Glebe Collegiate’s Mei Mei Weston (24:59.71), Rosalyn Barrett (25:12.78) and Teagan Shapansky (25:36.55) swept the top 3 spots of the senior girls’ National Capital Secondary School Athletic Association cross-country running championship, but it wasn’t the result they wanted. “Our goal was…
Dominant Ridgemont junior boys battle each other for 4 top 10 finishes
See a photo gallery of this race on SportsOttawa.com’s Facebook page. By Charlie Pinkerton Joe Fast has a flair for fashion and metaphorically-appropriate sportswear. The defending OFSAA cross-country champion of his age-group wore shorts detailed in fireworks at Thursday’s city cross-country championship, a slightly over 5 km race that he burst through in 18:18.31, almost…
Glebe junior girls squeak into OFSAA amidst tight top-40 finishes
See a photo gallery of this race on SportsOttawa.com’s Facebook page. By Charlie Pinkerton A trio of girls emerged from the forest to the homestretch of the Green’s Creek race course without a competitor in sight in the junior girls’ division of Ottawa’s high school cross-country championships on Thursday. Skye Pellerin of St. Francis won…
Runner returns from concussion with city championship
See a photo gallery of this race on SportsOttawa.com’s Facebook page. By Charlie Pinkerton Seconds after crossing the finish-line with an exuberant “YEAH!” Sir Robert Borden’s Cameron Porter turned to embrace 2nd-place finishing Owen Pensom from Glebe Collegiate. “I’m going to OFSAA for the first time,” said an excited Porter, who finished the slightly over…
Rookie wins gold in midget girls’ city cross-country championship
See a photo gallery of this race on SportsOttawa.com’s Facebook page. By Charlie Pinkerton Judging by her cool confidence crossing the finish line, it would have been tough to tell that Isy Stevens was competing in her first season of cross-country. The Ashbury College student finished with a gold medal in the midget girls’ race…
Historic tennis club to become multi-sport after redesign
By Charlie Pinkerton It’s a matter of when – not if – a new multi-sport facility will sit on the banks of the Rideau River. The vision for the Rideau Sports Centre, formerly known as the Rideau Tennis Club, was unveiled last month by Nicki Bridgland, CEO of the organization that shares the name of…
Ottawa Sport Council’s Fall Sport Summit to tackle grants
By Dan Plouffe The Ottawa Sport Council will bring together the local sports community for its Fall Sport Summit the evening of Nov. 29 at Ben Franklin Place, set to cover a topic that’s become a crucial tool for community sports organizations’ advancement: creating successful grant applications. “Most sport organizations seem to be able to…
University Sports wrap up
Women’s rugby: Gee-Gees stifle Ravens, Move onto RSEQ semifinal The Ottawa Gee-Gees put an end to the Carleton Ravens best-ever rugby season. A combination of their 31-0 win over Carleton and a pair of recently announced forfeited wins from earlier this season by Laval, have also launched the University of Ottawa, coached by 2016 Ottawa…
Nepean powers Eastern Ontario to first national field hockey title
By Anil Jhalli The nation’s capital has been flooded with Canadian championships competitions to celebrate Canada 150, but a number of Ottawa teams and athletes have continued to capture Canadian crowns in other corners of the country as well this year. Nepean Nighthawks players got the party started with a historic triumph at the Field…
Jeux de la Francophonie medallist Kaba earns top local FISU Games result
On the heels of national and Jeux de la Francophonie silver medals, Rio 2016 Olympian Sekou Kaba had the top result out of almost 2 dozen local athletes who competed for Team Canada at the 2017 FISU world student games in Taiwan. The University of Ottawa grad placed 7th in the men’s 110-metre hurdles in…
Lions runner Larissa Brown hits podium at para athletics world juniors
After setting a new personal-best time of 13.34 seconds in July at the Canadian Track-and-Field Championships on her home track, Larissa Brown ran faster yet at the Aug. 3-6 World Junior Para Athletics Championships in Switzerland. Alongside 2012 Paralympic guide runner Andrew Heffernan of Ottawa, the Ottawa Lions athlete ran 13.32 to win a silver…
Close athletics club teammates set to share Canada Summer Games experience
By Dan Plouffe Laura Amoi, Nyoka Maxwell and Hans Lafleur share piles of similarities. They are all members of Ottawa’s big 40-athlete-strong Canada Summer Games contingent, set to compete in track-and-field at the July 28-Aug. 15 multi-sport event for young, rising Canadian athletes. They are all members of the local CANI Athletics club, and amongst…
Melissa Bishop stars at track nationals as 2 dozen local athletes line up to join her on Team Canada
July 8 must have been a sleepy night in Eganville, or rather, even sleepier than usual. That was the evening the Melissa Bishop bandwagon from the Ottawa Valley took over the stands at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility.
Lions pals share international debuts at Commonwealth Youth Games, laughs
By Dan Plouffe Asked on the eve of her international debut for Canada at the Commonwealth Youth Games if she prefers the 400 metres of the 400 m hurdles event, Sharelle Samuel’s answer was clear: the barricade-free form of the 400. “For me with hurdles, I tend to overthink it,” the Ottawa Lions Track-and-Field Club…
Ageless Dunkerley wins worlds silver
By Dan Plouffe After setting a pair of personal-bests and winning a pair of Paralympic medals at the same Games for the first time as a 35-year-old at London 2012, Jason Dunkerley said he was like a fine wine that gets better with age. Five years later – and after contemplating retirement from international competition…
Invictus Games demo brings first-time category for athletes with psychological injuries
By Anne Duggan On top of the local athletes representing Canada abroad this summer, a number will compete on home soil come the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto. The Sept. 23-30 event is the third international games for servicemen and women who have suffered life-changing injuries, both visible and invisible, while serving their countries. Alongside…
Sportspage cover story: O Canada!
Ottawa welcomes cycling, athletics & triathlon nationals around Canada’s 150th By Martin Boyce Joanna Brown, Ariane Bonhomme and Sekou Kaba are all eager for the special chance to compete in their hometowns for Canadian championships in triathlon, cycling and track-and-field in the coming month, but the trio of top prospects for the podium in their…
Hurdler who broke Olympians’ records repeats OFSAA win
By Charlotte van Walraven & Dan Plouffe Keira Christie-Galloway repeated as senior girls’ 100-metre hurdles champion to lead a strong showing from national capital athletes at the June 1-3 OFSAA Track-and-Field Championships in Belleville. “I didn’t get my record, but I was happy with my run,” smiles Christie-Galloway, who blasted onto the scene in a…
From Rwanda, With Love
By Dan Plouffe, published Nov. 8, 2011 in Ottawa Sportspage Even when you can’t see him around a corner, you know he’s coming. And it’s not just because you know he’s guaranteed to be at the front. Once the first person catches a glimpse of him, it spreads throughout the crowd – that unmistakable first…
Ottawa teens on young Canadian Pan Am Games team
By Dan Plouffe Several Ottawa teenagers will be competing in one of the world’s biggest sporting events Oct. 13-30 in Guadalajara, Mexico as Canada sends young athletes in many sports to compete in the Pan American Games. It’s an event that doesn’t receive much international attention outside of the country where it’s taking place, so…
National capital high schools to host four OFSAAs this school year
By Dan Plouffe With school back in session, it won’t take long before fall tryouts and practices are taking place at high school fields and gyms across Ottawa. And for many city student-athletes, that new sports season begins with the chance to create some lasting memories in their hometown with the national capital association set…
Akinsulie moves big step closer to Olympic qualification
By Dan Plouffe Ottawa Lions sprinter Esther Akinsulie and her Canadian 4×400-metre relay teammates got hit by some bad luck at the worst time, but still managed to pull off a performance that drew them a step closer to the London 2012 Olympics at the IAAF track-and-field world championships on Saturday, Sept. 3 in South…
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