Youth rowers snag US silver
The girls' lightweight eight boat from Watertown-based Community Rowing Inc. won the silver medal at the US Rowing Youth National Championships, held on Harsha Lake outside Cincinnati two weekends ago.
It was the best-ever national showing by the Charles River rowing club's youth lightweight eight, which finished a length behind the defending champs from Los Gatos, Calif.
The boat's crew members were twin sisters Stephanie and Elizabeth Hamilton and Renee Swetz, who attend Newton South High; the Wellesley High contingent of Kitty Lambert-Higgins, Faith Richardson, and Anne Carroll; Brookline High student Sassi Ruengar; stroke Caroline Ciocca, a Wellesley High graduate who will attend Bowdoin College; and coxswain Jill Carlson of Weston, a Newton Country Day School grad who is entering Harvard University this fall.
Kudos for Yanofsky, Smith
C.J. Yanofsky of Needham, a senior attack on the Trinity College women's lacrosse team, was selected to the WomensLacrosse.com organization's Division 3 All-America second team, and the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association's Division 3 All-America third team. Yanofsky and fellow senior captain/goalkeeper Michelle Smith of Wayland were named to the New England Small College Athletic Conference first team. Yanofsky was also selected to the All-Berkshire Regional first team and Smith to the second team.
Yanofsky, who graduated from the Rivers School in Weston, netted 57 goals and 21 assists for Trinity (11-7), which advanced to the NCAA tournament this spring. Her 65 career assists is a school record.
Smith, a Wayland High graduate, led the NESCAC in saves and save percentage and set a Trinity record with 755 career saves.
Colabello fuels Tornadoes
Nice run by the Worcester Tornadoes and its first baseman, Chris Colabello, a former Milford High and Assumption College standout. Going into this week's schedule, the Tornadoes, managed by former Red Sox catcher Rich Gedman, were 19-9 and sitting in first place in the CanAm professional baseball league.
Colabello was hitting .333 (37 for 111) with 10 doubles, 6 homers, and a team-best 29 RBIs after playing in every game for Worcester. He tied his own league record with three home runs in a 16-6 victory at Atlantic City on Saturday, when he went 4 for 6 with 8 RBIs.
Regis expands men's sports
Men's tennis and men's volleyball have been added to the sports offerings at Regis College of Weston. Both teams will compete at the club level this fall and move to varsity status for 2009-2010.
The former women's school made the transition to coeducation last summer, and fields varsity men's teams in basketball, swimming and diving, and soccer.
John Ciarleglio III, a teaching pro at the Longfellow Club in Wayland, has been named men's tennis coach, while Jason Conetta, former head women's volleyball coach at Simmons College, takes over the men's program at Regis.
Marvin Pave can be reached at 508-820-4223 or marvin.pave@ rcn.com.
