Greenwich Scores and Standings, Aug. 30

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The Town of Greenwich, Parks and Recreation Dept. announces that the registration/organizational meeting for its Co-Ed Volleyball League is set for Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Center, 449 Pemberwick Rd.  

The league will run from October 2011 – February 2012. All games will be played at Western Middle School on Tuesday or Thursday evenings.

All residents 16 years of age or older that live in the Town of Greenwich can enter a team as well as employees of corporations in Greenwich.

The cost to enter a team is $300.00. The fee should be paid on the meeting day, or by Sept. 9.

For more information call Frank Gabriele, recreation supervisor at 203-532-1259, or visit our website at www.greenwichct.org

Greenwich's Andrew Johnson helped lead the United States' legs/trunk/arms mixed four team to a third-place finish Monday in the final adaptive heat of the day in the World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovakia.

Stamford's Alex Stein is the coxwain for the team, which finished with a time of 3:39.35 behind Germany, which won in 3:33.12, and France, which was second in 3:35.50.

The U.S. quartet will row again in the reps on Tuesday.

The Americans will race against Belarus, Spain, Brazil and Russia. The U.S. had the fastest time of the boats that did not qualify Monday. Three crews will advance to a Saturday semifinal.

A graduate of Greenwich High School, the 21-year-old Johnson competes for Norwalk River Rowing. He is set to graduate from Connecticut College in 2012.

Johnson is in his third year on the U.S. Senior national team. He finished sixth in the adaptive four with coxswain at last year's world rowing championships and eighth in the 2009 championships

On Sunday, the lightweight men’s double sculls team of Rowayton's Brian de Regt and New Haven's Jon Winter advanced to the quarterfinals.

The pair held second right off of the start and finished in 6:29.25 behind Italy, which measured a 6:24.25. With the top three boats moving on, de Regt and Winter will race next on Wednesday.

New Canaan's Andrew Campbell won his heat Sunday in the lightweight men's sculls to advance to the semifinals.

The 19-year-old Campbell, who will be a sophomore at Harvard, crossed the finish line just ahead of Italy’s Pietro Ruta. That allowed him to move on to Thursday's semifinals and spared him from having to row an extra race.

In the final strokes of his sprint, Campbell pushed his bow in front of the Italian sculler in lane two and finished first with a time of 7:04.01 to Ruta’s 7:04.31.

The men’s four crew of New Canaan's Charlie Cole, Scott Gault (Piedmont, Calif.), Brett Newlin (Riverton, Wyo.) and Giuseppe Lanzone (Annandale, Va.) did not qualify from its heat, but put in a good fight to the line against winner Belarus.

The U.S. crew chased Belarus the length of the course, made a desperate push in the last 100 meters and fell 0.02 off the mark with a time of 6:50.96 to 6:50.98. They will row again on Wednesday.

Greenwich senior linebacker Shane Nastahowski has been named to the preseason All-State first team by ESPNHS.

Three other Greenwich players were tabbed as players to watch by ESPNHS: senior wide receiver Joel Arroya, junior defensive back Taylor Olmstead, Greenwich and junior quarterback Liam O’Neil.

Greenwich plays the first of its preseason scrimmages in Milford on Wednesday (4 p.m.) against New Canaan and Foran, then hosts Iona Prep on Saturday at 10 a.m