THE FIRST of the AFLW Draft Preseason State Testing events is done and dusted with Western Australia’s young stars put to the test earlier this month at the Gold Netball Centre. Among the top performers were Claremont’s Ella Gilbey and Swan Districts’ Indiana West who finished among the top few in each of the running or jumping tests.

Gilbey recorded the highest standing and running vertical jumps at 59cm and 72cm respectively, with West getting on the podium for standing (56cm). Subiaco pair Hali Epis and Macy Fair also tested well in the jumping component alongside West Perth’s Hayley Bidefeld.

West got the upper hand in the 20m sprint however, clocking a blistering combine-high of 3.209 seconds. She finished just ahead of National Academy member Alicia Blizard (3.225 seconds), as well as Gilbey, triple bottom-ager Indi Slocombe and Fair rounding out the top five.

Gilbey was the only player to clock under 8.4 seconds in the agility test with a score of 8.357 seconds, just edging out fellow top-age State Academy member Maya Louvel-Finn (8.427 seconds) who also finished Top 10 in the 20m sprint. Swan District’s Khalia Fawcett and ex-Peel now Perth over-ager Jorja Haines – still eligible to Fremantle as a father-daughter selection – also recording sub-8.5-second times.

One player stood alone in the yo-yo test with mature-ager Jess Verbrugge outlasting her peers with a level of 16.08. The 20-year-old finished ahead of Swan Districts’ Naomi Baker and Claremont’s Coco Bennett a level behind on 16.07.

The Top 10 results from each of the tests are listed below.

PRESEASON TESTING TOP 10s

STANDING VERTICAL JUMP:

1. Ella Gilbey (Claremont) – 59cm
2. Hali Epis (Subiaco) – 58cm
3. Indiana West (Swan Districts) – 56cm
eq. 4. Naomi Baker (Swan Districts) – 54cm
eq. 4. Hannah Seaborn (Claremont) – 54cm
eq. 6. Aimee Norbury (West Perth) – 52cm
eq. 6. Paige Dodunski (West Perth) – 52cm
eq. 6. Amelia Rushton (Swan Districts) – 52cm
eq. 6. Sarah Spratt (Perth) – 52cm
eq. 6. Alicia Blizard (East Fremantle) – 52cm
eq. 6. Ruby Eastaugh (East Perth) – 52cm

RUNNING VERTICAL JUMP:

1. Ella Gilbey (Claremont) – 72cm
2. Hayley Bidefeld (West Perth) – 68cm
eq. 3. Macy Fair (Subiaco) – 67cm
eq. 3. Amelia Rushton (Swan Districts) – 67cm
5. Indiana West (Swan Districts) – 65cm
6. Alexis Edgley (South Fremantle – 64cm
eq. 7. Hannah Seaborn (Claremont) – 63cm
eq. 7. Hali Epis (Subiaco) – 63cm
eq. 9. Jamarah Walley (West Perth) – 62cm
eq. 9. Makayla Rogers (East Perth) – 62cm
eq. 9. Maya Walsh (Peel Thunder) – 62cm

20m SPRINT:

1. Indiana West (Swan Districts) – 3.209 seconds
2. Alicia Blizard (East Fremantle) – 3.225 seconds
3. Ella Gilbey (Claremont) – 3.229 seconds
4. Indi Slocombe (Claremont) – 3.255 seconds
5. Macy Fair (Subiaco) – 3.258 seconds
6. Jade Bell (Peel Thunder) – 3.292 seconds
7. Maya Louvel-Finn (East Fremantle) – 3.293 seconds
8. Layla Scott (Peel Thunder) – 3.299 seconds
9. Megan Carron (Swan Districts) – 3.303 seconds
10. Chanelle Halligan (Subiaco) – 3.310 seconds

AGILITY TEST:

1. Ella Gilbey (Claremont) – 8.357 seconds
2. Maya Louvel-Finn (East Fremantle) – 8.427 seconds
3. Khalia Fawcett (Swan Districts) – 8.469 seconds
4. Jorja Haines (Perth) – 8.489 seconds
5. Lucy Gilbey (Claremont) – 8.549 seconds
6. Amelia Rushton (Swan Districts) – 8.661 seconds
7. Naomi Baker (Swan Districts) – 8.666 seconds
8. Jade Bell (Peel Thunder) – 8.670 seconds
9. Charli Bassett (East Perth) – 8.676 seconds
10. Indiana West (Swan Districts) – 8.713 seconds

YO-YO TEST:

1. Jess Verbrugge (East Perth) – 16.08
eq. 2. Naomi Baker (Swan Districts) – 16.07
eq. 2. Coco Bennett (Claremont) – 16.07
eq. 4. Hannah Seaborn (Claremont) – 16.06
eq. 4. Remy Karlson (Claremont) – 16.06
eq. 4. Olivia McCay (East Fremantle) – 16.06
eq. 7. Ava Bates (Perth) – 16.05
eq. 7. Sunni-Quay Peters (Subiaco) – 16.05
eq. 9. Sienna Timmermans (Perth) – 16.04
eq. 9. Aimee Norbury (West Perth) – 16.04
eq. 9. Mia Russo (West Perth) – 16.04
eq. 9. Kayla May (Swan Districts) – 16.04