Robby Andrews finished fourth in the 1,500-meter run at the IAAF World Indoor Track and Field Championships held in Portland, Oregon, March 17-20.
Andrews, who finished second at the USATF national championships to make the USA World Team, clocked 3:44.77 in the 1,500 final. The race was won by the Matt Centrowitz of the U.S., who posted a mark of 3:44.22 in the tactical race. Centrowitz completed an undefeated indoor season.
Making the World Indoor Track and Field Championships final was a great confidence booster for Andrews, a Manalapan High School graduate who is favored to make the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team later this year.
Felician University freshman Kaitlyn Buck has been elected the 2015-16 East Coast Conference (ECC) Women’s Bowling co-Rookie of the Year as selected by the coaches.
Buck, a 5-foot-2 left-hander, was a two-time recipient of the ECC Rookie of the Week award. Heading into the conference tournament, she had posted a 159.2 traditional game average and a Baker frame average of 18.65. She was named to the all-tournament team at the Golden Bear Classic, hosted by Kutztown University Feb. 12-14.
Buck shared the Rookie of the Year award with Jess Garzio of Kutztown.
“Kaitlyn has quickly grown into an elite bowler for our program,” Felician second-year head coach Andrew Toriello said in a prepared statement. “As our program’s first lefty, it did not take her much time to get acclimated to bowling at the collegiate level. She has stepped into roles that she wasn’t expecting and delivered at all the right moments. The growth she has shown in her first season can only make her stronger and more confident come the fall.”
Buck is a graduate of Howell High School, where she led the Rebels to multiple championships that included an NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV title.
Former Freehold Township High School and Rutgers University star Rachel Breton is on the SkyBlue FC preseason roster along with former Monmouth University great and Team USA legend Christie Rampone.
Breton is playing forward. She began her professional career with the New Jersey Wildcats in 2009. She was called up to play for Sky Blue FC in 2013.
Rampone, a defender, has won Olympic and World Cup gold medals with the U.S. national team.
Sky Blue FC is a member of the National Women’s Soccer League and plays its home games at Rutgers University’s Yurcak Field and uses the Atlantic Club in Manasquan as its home training base. Sky Blue FC’s home opener is April 24 against the Washington Spirit starting at 6 p.m. Season and individual tickets are on sale. Call 888-723-2849 or go to www.skybluefc.com.
The Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation’s 22nd Annual Golf Tournament is set for June 27 starting at 10 a.m. at Eagle Oak Golf and Country Club, 20 Shore Oaks Drive, Farmingdale.
Eagle Oak is a private golf and country club.
Those who register by April 1 will receive $50 off the regular price of $450 per person. For more information, call 732-335-0033 or go to www.njvvmf.org.
