Draft combine results

THE FIRST day of the NAB AFL Draft Combine in Canberra saw attendees have a crack at Nic Naitanui’s standing vertical jump record, but the spring-heeled Eagle’s two-year old mark remains.

Naitanui recorded a standing leap of 78cm in 2008 with Eastern Ranges’ midfielder Brad Harvey the closest this year with an impressive 75cm effort.

That’s no mean feat for Harvey who, at 184cm, is significantly smaller than the 201cm West Coast ruckman.

The testing is relative to each player’s height, but historically the bigger blokes have done better in this category as evidenced by long-time record holder Trent Croad and last year’s standout, Adelaide ruckman James Craig, who at 195cm registered a 76cm leap.

Harvey finished well out in front of second placegetters Nathan Batley, of SA club Woodville-West Torrens, and Claremont’s Anton Hamp who each recorded a 71cm jump.

Morrish Medal winner and Vic Country most valuable player, Dyson Heppell, recorded a 64cm leap, as did highly-rated Murray Bushrangers’ midfielder Shaun Atley.

The standing vertical jump was the only test of note carried out on the first day of the combine which is typically focused more on height and weight measurements and club interviews.

Standing vertical jump top 10
Position Attendee Result
1st Brad Harvey 78cm
=2nd Nathan Batley 71cm
=2nd Anton Hamp 71cm
4th Joel Wilkinson 66cm
=5th Kieran Harper 65cm
=5th Cameron Gutherie 65cm
=7th Shaun Atley 64cm
=7th Dyson Heppell 64cm
=9th Seb Tape 63cm
=9th Billie Smedts 63cm

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/103372/default.aspx

Results for day 2

20 metre Sprint
3rd Nathan Batley

Arm Span
10th Zac Fitzgerald

Hand Span
10th Zac Fitzgerald

http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/16674/Default.aspx

Batley seems to be testing better than i thought he wood

Repeat Sprints (6x30m) - top 10

6 Nathan Batley 24.229s