Top 10s | 2025 Girls National Preseason Testing

AN OVERALL podium finish from Oakleigh Chargers’ Skye Emery in the yo-yo test was the closest record-breaking attempt across the 2025 Girls National Preseason Testing days, following the release of the Top 10 results today. Events took place in seven of the eight states or territories over the course of the past two months, with athletes pushed to their limits in the standing and running vertical jump, 20m sprint, agility and yo-yo tests.

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Emery clocked an 18.01 on the yo-yo test, ranking her outright third overall. The Chargers talent finished well clear of the rest of the pack, though the top eight results all came from the Coates Talent League Testing Day. Northern Knights, Gippsland Power and the Chargers all made up the top six in the event with two players apiece, showing their superior gut-running.

The Northern Academies took the chocolates in the jumping tests with GWS Giants Academy bottom-ager Morgan Stevens winning both the standing and running vertical jumps with a height of 69 and 83cm respectively. She beat her nearest competition by three and eight centimetres, and even finished second overall on her non-dominant side.

Stevens was pipped by Sydney Swans tall forward Alex Neyland who showed her hops with a 75cm effort off her right foot. The pair were joined in the respective top threes by Glenelg’s Ada-Mae Koch and Tasmania’s Matilda Lange.

Looking to the 20m sprint, a couple of 2006-born prospects lead the way with Taia Lette producing a blistering 3.082-second run to finish just clear of Amelie Prosser-Shaw (3.117 seconds). They both just knocked off a trio of Eastern Ranges with Mackenzie Ackland, Bridie Neale and Mathilde Wilkinson splitting the difference between each other of just 0.16 seconds.

Flying the flag for her state, Gold Coast Suns Academy’s Scarlett Featherstone ensured the Sunshine State took the honours in one test, clocking a time of 8.25 seconds on the agility test. She was the only athlete under 8.3, with South Australian Imogen Trengove outright second by one hundredth of a second.

All the Top 10 Preseason Testing results can be found below.

STANDING VERTICAL JUMP

PlayerStateClubResult (cm)
Morgan StevensNSW/ACTGWS GIANTS Academy69
Neva BellQLDBrisbane Lions Academy66
Aysha SanchezNSW/ACTGWS GIANTS Academy65
Josephine BamfordVICEastern Ranges61
Lucy FraserVICGWV Rebels61
Kiera YerburyNSW/ACTSydney Swans Academy61
Ada-Mae KochSAGlenelg61
Ella GilbeyWAClaremont59
Matilda LangeTASKingborough Tigers59
Imogen TrengoveSAWoodville-West Torrens59

RUNNING VERTICAL JUMP (LEFT)

PlayerStateClubResult (cm)
Morgan StevensNSW/ACTGWS GIANTS Academy83
Ada-Mae KochSAGlenelg73
Amaia WainNSW/ACTSydney Swans Academy73
Ella GilbeyWAClaremont72
Cassidy McArthurNSW/ACTSydney Swans Academy72
Lucy FraserVICGWV Rebels71
Nikki SandemanQLDGold Coast Suns Academy71
Maia FreemantleSAWoodville-West Torrens70
Niamh McCarthyQLDBrisbane Lions Academy69
Bonnie SwanNSW/ACTSydney Swans Academy69

RUNNING VERTICAL JUMP (RIGHT)

PlayerStateClubResult (cm)
Alex NeylandNSW/ACTSydney Swans Academy75
Morgan StevensNSW/ACTGWS GIANTS Academy74
Matilda LangeTASTasmania Devils71
Lucy FraserVICGWV Rebels70
Luca MurgatroydTASTasmania Devils70
Taia LetteTASTasmania Devils69
Bronte ParkerQLDGold Coast Suns Academy68
Ada-Mae KochSAGlenelg68
Ella ParkerNSW/ACTSydney Swans Academy68
Hayley BidefeldWAWest Perth68

20M SPRINT

PlayerStateClubResult (sec)
Taia LetteTASTasmania Devils3.082
Amelie Prosser-ShawNSW/ACTGWS GIANTS Academy3.117
Mackenzie AcklandVICEastern Ranges3.130
Bridie NealeVICEastern Ranges3.134
Mathilde WilkinsonVICEastern Ranges3.146
Elebertina SchuligaVICCalder Cannons3.161
Eliza DennisTASTasmania Devils3.165
Jyearah NewchurchSACentral District3.180
Hope TaylorSASouth Adelaide3.185
Evie WardTASTasmania Devils3.188

AGILITY TEST

PlayerStateClubResult (sec)
Scarlett FeatherstoneQLDGold Coast Suns Academy8.25
Imogen TrengoveSA Woodville-West Torrens8.33
Matilda LangeTASTasmania Devils8.34
Molly FergusonQLDBrisbane Lions Academy8.34
Mathilde WilkinsonVICEastern Ranges8.34
Baia PughVICGippsland Power8.35
Ella GilbeyWAClaremont8.36
Amelia EllaQLDGold Coast Suns Academy8.36
Maia FreemantleSA Woodville-West Torrens8.38
Emily RankinVICEastern Ranges8.40

YO-YO TEST (IRT1)

PlayerStateClubLevel
Skye EmeryVICOakleigh Chargers18.1
Katelyn BusuttilVICNorthern Knights17.6
Lilly LeightonVICGippsland Power17.5
Marlo GrahamVICNorthern Knights17.4
Baia PughVICGippsland Power17.3
Elizabeth WotherspoonVICOakleigh Chargers17.3
Sophia GreenVICMurray Bushrangers17.3
Isabella DaviesVICGWV Rebels17.2
Kiera YerburyNSW/ACTSydney Swans Academy17.1
Caitlin HardinSANorth Adelaide17.1

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