BOTH the GWS Giants Academy and Sydney Swans Academy were put through their paces last weekend with the NSW-ACT Girls Preseason Testing event taking place and a number of massive individual performances from AFLW Draft hopefuls headlined the weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
>> SCROLL for the Top 5 in each test<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Swans Academy’s testing took place at the Swans’ headquarters, while the Giants Academy attended the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra. Incredible three players were statistically the best across the two events, recording Physical Performance Ratings of 85.9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n National Academy member Charlotte Tidemann<\/a>, all-round talent Darcie Prosser-Shaw<\/a>, and over-age star athlete Amaia Wain<\/a> topped their peers from the weekend, while another National Academy prospect in Morgan Stevens<\/a> was hot on their heels thanks to some ridiculous numbers in the vertical jump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Breaking the all-time Rookie Me records in the discipline, Stevens blitzed the vertical jump (70cm) a full 11cm clear of the next best – in Wain – and the pair also featured in the quinella of the running vertical jump with 80 (best ever) and 74cm (fifth best ever) apiece. Each of them also finished second overall in the running events, with Stevens clocking a blistering 3.177-second 20m sprint, while in the Harbour City, Wain managed 8.715 seconds in the agility test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was no surprise to see the explosive Tidemann featuring highly across the board, smashing the agility test with a time of 8.566 seconds, while also finishing third in the vertical jump (58cm) and sixth in the 20m sprint. Prosser-Shaw beat all-comers with a jaw-dropping 3.114-second 20m sprint, while finishing equal fourth in the vertical jump and equal fifth in the yo-yo test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n North Shore midfielder\/forward Heidi de Saxe<\/a> did not leave without making her mark as well, with the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division Rising Star winning the yo-yo test in a canter. Her score of 17.07 places her inside the top 10 of all-time for the Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test Level 1. Ashleigh Barlow<\/a> – top five results in the vertical and running vertical and 20m sprint – and speedy Evie Bowie<\/a> – top three in the 20m sprint and yo-yo test – were among the other top stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n VERTICAL JUMP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Morgan Stevens (Giants Academy) 70cm RUNNING VERTICAL JUMP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Morgan Stevens (Giants Academy) 80cm 20M SPRINT:<\/strong> AGILITY TEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Charlotte Tidemann (Swans Academy) 8.566 seconds YO-YO TEST:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Heidi de Saxe (Swans Academy) 17.07 level <\/p>\n\n\n\nTOP 5 RESULTS: NSW-ACT GIRLS PRESEASON TESTING<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2. Amaia Wain (Swans Academy) 59cm
3. Charlotte Tidemann (Swans Academy) 58cm
Eq. 4. Ashleigh Barlow (Swans Academy) 51cm
Eq. 4. Lily Martin (Giants Academy) 51cm
Eq. 4. Zara Neil (Giants Academy) 51cm
Eq. 4. Darcie Prosser-Shaw (Giants Academy) 51cm
Eq. 4. Bonnie Swan (Giants Academy) 51cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Amaia Wain (Swans Academy) 74cm
3. Ashleigh Barlow (Swans Academy) 67cm
Eq. 4. Alana Fraser (Giants Academy) 64cm
Eq. 4. Eliza McLeod (Swans Academy) 64cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Darcie Prosser-Shaw (Giants Academy) 3.114 seconds
2. Morgan Stevens (Giants Academy) 3.177 seconds
3. Evie Bowie (Swans Academy) 3.222 seconds
4. Shiloh Macfarlane-Anning (Swans Academy) 3.262 seconds
5. Ashleigh Barlow (Swans Academy) 3.263 seconds<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Amaia Wain (Swans Academy) 8.715 seconds
3. Shiloh Macfarlane-Anning (Swans Academy) 8.742 seconds
4. Genevieve Hynes (Swans Academy) 8.751 seconds
5. Addison Hickey (Giants Academy) 8.759 seconds<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Aurelia Russell (Swans Academy) 17.01 level
Eq. 3. Evie Bowie (Swans Academy) 16.08 level
Eq. 3. Sophia Gaukrodger (Giants Academy) 16.08 level
Eq. 5. Tayla Lawrence (Giants Academy) 16.06 level
Eq. 5. Darcie Prosser-Shaw (Giants Academy) 16.06 level<\/p>\n\n\n\n