DION Prestia has continued where he left off from last season, winning the first time trial of Gold Coast's pre-season.
Prestia overtook second-year defender Kade Kolodjashnij in the final 200m of the 2km trial to edge out the youngster, who had led the entire way.
Midfielders Alex Sexton and David Swallow were third and fourth respectively, while young defender Clay Cameron rounded out the top-five.
Prestia is a noted endurance specialist and was consistently in the first handful of runners in the same discipline last season.
It translated into his on-field play, where for the second season-straight season he finished in the top-three of the Suns' best and fairest.
Prestia, Swallow and Tom Lynch (sixth) showed why they are the club's vice-captains, returning to training in top shape ahead of the senior players' resumption in 10 days' time.
New coach Rodney Eade was an absentee after returning to Melbourne to continue his arrangements for relocating to the Gold Coast.
The first coaching change under Eade's watch has been made, with former assistant Mark Riley told he would not be offered a contract for 2015.
Riley has spent two years at the Suns as their forward coach, and it is believed talks on his future began prior to Eade's appointment last week. He was then informed of his fate in the past few days.
The club is still discussing how – or if – Riley will be replaced
