Career
He set the world best year performance in 1982, throwing 95.80 metres in Stuttgart, West Germany on August 29. Earlier in 1982, Roggy set the American record in the Javelin at the Bruce Jenner Invitational, beating Mark Murro"s 12-year-old record. Roggy was killed in an accident where he fell out of the back of a pick-up truck in 1986 in Houston, Texas at the first Olympic Sports Festival.
Roggy attended Holmdel High School.
Following his death, a scholarship was set up in memory. Every year the two best athletes at Holmdel High get the opportunity to follow in his footsteps with an athletic scholarship.
