AFTER taking a look at Victoria’s top athletic prospects heading into season 2019, we look back at how South Australia’s draft hopefuls tested in the pre-season. Among the top performers were Central District’s Rhys Cannizzaro and Sturt’s Dailan How in the vertical jumps, with the duo featuring in all three top 10s – Cannizzaro taking out both the running events. Woodville-West Torrens’ Deakan Jackson won the 20-metre sprint in 2.90 seconds, while South Adelaide’s Phoenix Spicer took out the agility test in 7.80 seconds. Norwood’s Dylan Stephens is likely to be a name that continually pops up this year, and he was the winner of the Yo-yo test, reaching level 21.5.

In terms of other impressive performers, West Adelaide’s Will Day and Sturt’s Joel Parker-Boers featured in three top 10s, with Day’s great efforts in the running vertical jump (left), 20-metre sprint and Yo-yo test, while Parker-Boers featured in the 20-metre sprint, agility and yo-yo tests. Central District’s Lachlan Grubb and Leek Alleer, Eagles’ Lachlan Hoile and Kysaiah Pickett, West Adelaide’s Noah Hannagan and Norwood’s Dan Fairbrother were also among the top performers with two top-10 performances across the board.

TOP 10 RESULTS:

Standing Vertical Jump:

1 Dailan How (Sturt) 73cm
1 Cooper Hough (Sturt) 73cm
3 Sam Duke (Norwood) 71cm
4 Harvey Bock (West Adelaide) 69cm
4 Daniel Carbone (Norwood) 69cm
4 Max Simpson (South Adelaide) 69cm
7 Rhys Cannizzaro (Central District) 68cm
7 Brydon Osborne (North Adelaide) 68cm
9 Lachlan Borg (North Adelaide) 67cm
9 Dan Fairbrother (Norwood) 67cm

Running Vertical Jump (right):

1 Rhys Cannizzaro (Central District) 95cm
2 Zac Graham (Central District) 94cm
3 Leek Alleer (Central District) 93cm
4 Lachlan Grubb (Central District) 87cm
5 Jordan Kasianowicz (WWT Eagles) 86cm
6 Oliver Dosljak (WWT Eagles) 84cm
6 Lachlan Jones (WWT Eagles) 84cm
6 Lachlan Paddick (Sturt) 84cm
9 Dailan How (Sturt) 82cm
9 Zaine Norman-Brown (South Adelaide) 82cm

Running Vertical Jump (left):

1 Rhys Cannizzaro (Central District) 96cm
2 Lachlan Hoile (WWT Eagles) 90cm
3 Will Day (West Adelaide) 88cm
4 Ned Walter (Sturt) 87cm
5 Kane Viska (Glenelg) 86cm
5 Lachlan Pope (South Adelaide) 86cm
7 Dailan How (Sturt) 85cm
7 Kysaiah Pickett (WWT Eagles) 85cm
7 Noah Hannagan (West Adelaide) 85cm
10 Lachlan Williams (South Adelaide) 84cm

20-metre sprint:

1 Deakan Jackson (WWT Eagles) 2.90 seconds
2 Dan Fairbrother (Norwood) 2.91 seconds
3 Ricky O’Loughlin-Johncock (Glenelg) 2.93 seconds
4 Joel Parker-Boers (Sturt) 2.94 seconds
5 Ryan Williams (WWT Eagles) 2.96 seconds
5 Will Day (West Adelaide) 2.96 seconds
5 Noah Hannagan (West Adelaide) 2.96 seconds
5 Mitch Riddle (South Adelaide) 2.96 seconds
5 Beau McCreery (South Adelaide) 2.96 seconds
5 Leek Alleer (Central District) 2.97 seconds

Agility test:

1 Phoenix Spicer (South Adelaide) 7.80 seconds
2 Joel Parker-Boers (Sturt) 7.82 seconds
3 Hugh Desira (West Adelaide) 7.84 seconds
4 Kysaiah Pickett (WWT Eagles) 7.88 seconds
5 Jed McEntee (Sturt) 7.89 seconds
6 Lachlan Grubb (Central District) 8.01 seconds
7 Harry Spade (South Adelaide) 8.05 seconds
8 Lachlan Hoile (WWT Eagles) 8.08 seconds
9 Tyler Billing (Central District) 8.10 seconds
10 Ned Grieve (Sturt) 8.11 seconds

Yo-yo test:

1 Dylan Stephens (Norwood) 21.5 level
2 Dailan How (Sturt) 21.4 level
2 Luke Beecken (WWT Eagles) 21.4 level
4 Reid Kuller (Glenelg) 21.3 level
4 Marcus Lippett (South Adelaide) 21.3 level
4 Jackson Mead (WWT Eagles) 21.3 level
4 Samuel Morris (Norwood) 21.3 level
8 Joel Parker-Boes (Sturt) 21.2 level
8 Brodie Arriola (WWT Eagles) 21.2 level
8 Will Day (West Adelaide) 21.2 level