VICTORIA’S most talented Under 18 footballers were put through their paces at the recent NAB League Fitness Testing Day at Maribyrnong College last Saturday, with plenty of impressive results. Rookie Me hosted the event, which welcomed more than 600 athletes from across the NAB League and NAB League Girls competition.<\/p>\n
Every available NAB League Boys player, and up to five NAB League Girls players from each side – seven for Dandenong Stingrays – tested themselves with vertical jumps, 20m sprints and AFL agility tests. The Boys then took part in the yo-yo, while the Girls completed a 2km time trial.<\/p>\n
Rookie Me Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Adham Dimachki<\/strong> said the large-scale event was a success thanks to the dedication of the Rookie Me team.<\/p>\n \u201cAs the Official Talent ID Partner of the AFL, we are proud to host the annual NAB League Fitness Testing Day at Maribyrnong College,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is the largest high-performance one-day testing event on the AFL calendar, and both the male and female talent on show only further justified its importance. \u201cIt is always great to have AFL recruiters in attendance, as it is an opportunity for them to gauge the athletic talent of this year\u2019s AFL draft hopefuls. \u201cThe day would not be possible without the incredible work of our 65 team members, who ensured the event was a success.”<\/p>\n Calder Cannons’ Thomas Cartwright<\/strong> dominated the vertical jumps topping the standing vertical jump, as well as both the right and left running vertical jumps. Northern Knights’ Jonah Potter<\/strong> took out the 20m sprint with a blistering 2.86-second run, while Western Jets’ Harrison White<\/strong> won the AFL agility test in 7.86 seconds, while teammate Harry Sharp<\/strong> lasted the longest in the yo-yo test finishing on level 22.4.<\/p>\n Standing Vertical Jump:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Thomas Cartwright (Calder) 79cm Running Vertical Jump (Right):<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Thomas Cartwright (Calder) 84cm Running Vertical Jump (Left):<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Thomas Cartwright (Calder) 85cm 20m Sprint:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Jonah Potter (Northern) 2.84 seconds Agility:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Harrison White (Western) 7.69 seconds Yo-yo:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Harry Sharp (GWV) 22.4 level For the NAB League Girls, Sandringham performed strongly across all tests, including having a remarkable top five performers in the Running Vertical Jump (Right). Margie Purcell<\/strong> and Molly Denahy Maloney<\/strong> showed off their athletic traits, finishing top five in every test. Calder Cannons’ Makeisha Muller<\/strong> was also impressive with the highest standing vertical jump, running verttical jump (right) and top five in the 20m sprint. Murray Bushrangers’ Mikaela Trethowan<\/strong>, Sandringham’s Celia Cody<\/strong>, Western’s Isabella Grant<\/strong> and Cleo Saxon-Jones<\/strong>, and GWV’s Ella Wood<\/strong> were also impressive among the Girls, finishing top five in multiple events.<\/p>\n Standing Vertical Jump:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Makeisha Muller (Calder) 47cm Running Vertical Jump (Right):<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Margie Purcell (Sandringham) 67cm Running Vertical Jump (Left):<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Makeisha Muller (Calder) 60cm 20m sprint:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Margie Purcell (Sandringham) 3.26 seconds Agility:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Molly Denahy Maloney (Sandringham) 8.39 seconds VICTORIA’S most talented Under 18 footballers were put through their paces at the recent NAB League Fitness Testing Day at Maribyrnong College last Saturday, with plenty of impressive results. Rookie Me hosted the event, which welcomed more than 600 athletes from across the NAB League and NAB League Girls competition. 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\n2 Max Simpson (Calder) 70cm
\n3 Jonah Potter (Northern) 67cm
\n4 James Cleaver (GWV) 66cm
\n5 Archie Manton (Western) 65cm
\n6 Daniel Mott (Calder) 63cm
\n6 Jackson Hannah (Sandringham) 63cm
\n6 Blake Kuipers (Dandenong) 63cm
\n6 John Roysmith (Dandenong) 63cm
\n6 James Mittel (Bendigo) 63cm<\/p>\n
\n2 Jay Robertson (Oakleigh) 81cm
\n3 Riley Clarke (Bendigo) 77cm
\n4 Sam Flanders (Gippsland) 76cm
\n4 Brady Rowles (Bendigo) 76cm
\n4 Nick Bryan (Oakleigh) 76cm
\n4 Nathan Howard (Northern) 76cm
\n5 Tom Graham (Oakleigh) 74cm
\n5 Josh Honey (Western) 74cm<\/p>\n
\n2 Cooper Vick (Bendigo) 84cm
\n3 Nash Reynolds (Western) 83cm
\n4 Sam Flanders (Gippsland) 80cm
\n4 James Cleaver (GWV) 80cm
\n6 Oscar Sasalu (Calder) 79cm
\n6 Giacomo Thomas (Calder) 79cm
\n6 Hugo Ralphsmith (Sandringham) 79cm<\/p>\n
\n2 Archie Perkins (Sandringham) 2.85 seconds
\n3 Tom Fitzpatrick (Gippsland) 2.86 seconds
\n4 Kade Brown (Murray) 2.88 seconds
\n5 Joshua Crawford (Murray) 2.89 seconds
\n6 Nick Bryan (Oakleigh) 2.91 seconds
\n6 Regan Uwandu (Northern) 2.91 seconds
\n6 James Cleaver (GWV) 2.91 seconds<\/p>\n
\n2 James Cleaver (GWV) 7.87 seconds
\n3 Blake Reid (Geelong) 7.88 seconds
\n4 Mitch Riordan (Dandenong) 7.93 seconds
\n5 Riley Ironside (Bendigo) 7.96 seconds
\n6 Jake Bowey (Sandringham) 8.01 seconds
\n7 Charlie Ham (Geelong) 8.02 seconds
\n8 Thomson Dow (Bendigo) 8.02 seconds
\n8 Jack Hickman (Bendigo) 8.02 seconds
\n10 Lachlan Smith (Geelong) 8.03 seconds
\n10 Joey Ayton-Delaney (Oakleigh) 8.03 seconds<\/p>\n
\n2 Jack Hickman (Bendigo) 22.1 level
\n2 Chas Karpala (Geelong) 22.1 level
\n2 Mitch Mellis (Eastern) 22.1 level
\n2 Sam Clifford (Western) 22.1 level
\n2 Jay Rantall (GWV) 22.1 level
\n7 Nicholas Kitchell (Northern) 21.8 level
\n8 Matthew Rowell (Oakleigh) 21.7 level
\n9 Ben Nikolovski (Northern) 21.6 level
\n9 Cooper Barbera (Northern) 21.6 level
\n9 Harrison White (Western) 21.6 level<\/p>\nNAB League Girls<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n2 Margie Purcell (Sandringham) 45cm
\n3 Molly Denahy Maloney (Sandringham) 44cm
\n4 Celia Cody (Sandringham) 42cm
\n4 Cleo Saxon-Jones (Western) 42cm
\n6 Mikaela Trethowan (Murray) 41cm
\n6 Ella Wood (GWV) 41cm
\n6 Isabella Grant (Western) 41cm<\/p>\n
\n2 Molly Denahy Maloney (Sandringham) 67cm
\n3 Celia Cody (Sandringham) 60cm
\n4 Bryanna Arnold (Sandringham) 55cm
\n5 Taylah Grasso (Sandringham) 54cm
\n5 Isabella Grant (Western) 54cm<\/p>\n
\n2 Mikaela Trethowan (Murray) 55cm
\n2 Cleo Saxo-Jones (Western) 55cm
\n4 Isabella Grant (Western) 53cm
\n4 Margie Purcell (Sandringham) 53cm
\n6 Gabrielle Newton (Northern) 52cm
\n7 Molly Denahy Maloney (Sandringham) 50cm
\n7 Ella Wood (GWV) 50cm
\n7 Elizabeth Snell (Bendigo) 50cm<\/p>\n
\n2 Molly Denahy Maloney (Sandringham) 3.27 seconds
\n2 Ciara Fitzgerald (Northern) 3.27 seconds
\n4 Makeisha Muller (Calder) 3.31 seconds
\n4 Mikaela Trethowan (Murray) 3.31 seconds
\n4 Isabella Grant (Western) 3.31 seconds<\/p>\n
\n2 Elisabeth Georgostathis (Western) 8.43 seconds
\n3 Amelia Van Oosterwijck (Oakleigh) 8.64 seconds
\n4 Charli Boschetti (Murray) 8.68 seconds
\n5 Elise Vella (Geelong) 8.69 seconds
\n6 Margie Purcell (Sandringham) 8.74 seconds
\n6 Britney Gutknecht (Northern) 8.74 seconds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"