Several 2019 NAB League Girls graduates featured among the top five results in various tests at this week’s NAB AFL Women’s Draft Combine in Melbourne.
Oakleigh Chargers on-baller Nicola Xenos recorded the fastest time of all participants in the 20m sprint and was also the quickest NAB League Girls player in the 2km time trial, while this year’s Western Jets captain Elisabeth Georgostathis posted the quickest time of all Combine invitees in the agility test.
2019 Sandringham Dragons skipper Molly Denahy Maloney was the best-performed NAB League Girls graduate in the standing vertical jump and GWV Rebels ball-winner Sophie Molan was the last Victorian remaining in the endurance-based yo-yo test.
See the top five results in all 2019 AFLW Draft Combine tests below.
STANDING VERTICAL JUMP
Roxanne Roux (WA): 59cm
Molly Denahy Maloney (Sandringham Dragons): 58cm
Marguerite Purcell (Sandringham Dragons): 53cm
Tahlia Hickie (QLD): 52cm
Hannah Munyard (SA): 51cm
Record: Jess Allan (SA, now GWS) in 2017: 61cm
20-METRE SPRINT
Nicola Xenos (Oakleigh Chargers / Collingwood VFLW): 3.210 seconds
Olivia Divilly (Ireland): 3.258 seconds
Roxanne Roux (WA): 3.250 seconds
Vicki Wall (Ireland): 3.299 seconds
Hannah Munyard (SA): 3.307 seconds
Record: Emerson Woods (Eastern Ranges / Hawthorn VFLW, now Carlton AFLW) in 2018: 3.129 seconds
AGILITY TEST
Elisabeth Georgostathis (Western Jets / Western Bulldogs VFLW): 8.535 seconds
Isabel Dawes (QLD): 8.651 seconds
Roxanne Roux (WA): 8.654 seconds
Hannah Munyard (SA): 8.668 seconds
Tarni White (QLD): 8.696 seconds
Record: Ruby Blair (QLD, formerly Brisbane) in 2017: 8.495 seconds
YO-YO TEST
Olivia Divilly (Ireland): level 17.2
Georgia Garnett (NSW/ACT): level 16.8
Sophie Molan (GWV Rebels / Western Bulldogs VFLW): level 16.4
Paige Sheppard (Geelong Falcons / Geelong Cats VFLW): level 16.3
Gemma Lagioia (Oakleigh Chargers / Collingwood VFLW): level 16.1
Luka Lesosky-Hay (Geelong Falcons / Geelong Cats VFLW): level 16.1
Serene Watson (QLD): level 16.1
Record: Nina Morrison (Geelong Falcons / Geelong Cats VFLW, now Geelong Cats AFLW) in 2018: level 18.1
TWO-KILOMETRE TIME TRIAL
Hannah Hillman (QLD): 7min 41sec
Olivia Divillly (Ireland): 7min 48sec
Nicola Xenos (Oakleigh Chargers / Collingwood VFLW): 7min 58sec
Gemma Lagioia (Oakleigh Chargers / Collingwood VFLW): 8min 1sec
Ella Wood (GWV Rebels / Western Bulldogs VFLW): 8min 9sec
Tahlia Hickie (QLD): 8min 9sec
Record: Nina Morrison (Geelong Falcons / Geelong Cats VFLW, now Geelong Cats AFLW) in 2018: 7min 14sec
