Norwalk Scores and Standings: Aug 30

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1. Andrew Johnson competing in World Rowing Championship

Greenwich's Andrew Johnson, who competes for Norwalk River Rowing, 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 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.

2. Honors for Norwalk, McMahon football players

ESPNHS magazine has recognized the following McMahon and Norwalk football players as preseason players to watch:

-- Norwalk senior defensive lineman Gil Aravjo
-- Norwalk senior wide receiver Darick Edwards
- McMahon senior linebacker Chris Holomakoff
-- Norwalk senior linebacker David Klein
-- Norwalk senior defensive lineman Kwazee Rile.
-- McMahon senior running back Ryan Scott
-- McMahon senior quarterback Damien Vega
-- Norwalk senior defensive lineman Patrick Whalen

Here is this week's scrimmage schedule for Norwalk, which is beginning its first season under coach Sean Ireland:

Wednesday -- West Haven at Norwalk, 6 p.m.

Saturday -- Norwalk at Wilton Jamboree, 9 a.m.