Nathan Freeman and Jonathon Marsh dominate day two of the draft combine
JONATHON Marsh and Nathan Freeman were the standouts of day two at the NAB AFL Draft Combine, blitzing the field in the sprint tests.
Marsh, a powerful and explosive 192cm forward, ran 2.78 seconds in the 20-metre sprint test. It was the second fastest run in combine history, only behind Joel Wilkinson's 2.75 second effort in 2010.
The 17-year-old West Australian again impressed later in the day, when he scored the third-best time in the repeat sprints test, which sees players do six 30-metre sprints back-to-back.
Freeman showed his burst ability in that test by claiming top honours, running 23.62 seconds for the six sprints.
It followed his second placing in the 20-metre sprint, where the Victorian midfielder ran 2.81 to finish behind Marsh.
Freeman pushed himself further into top-10 draft calculations with his test, confirming him as the midfielder with the most pace at the top end of this year's pool.
Darcy Byrne-Jones, from the Oakleigh Chargers, came second in the repeat sprints, with a time of 24.06 seconds.
Flynn was third in the 20-metre sprint with a time of 2.83 seconds, was fourth in the repeat sprints (24.25 seconds), and second in the agility test with 8.08 seconds.
Breaking the eight-second barrier to win the agility test was Tasmanian midfielder Zac Webster, who ran 7.97 seconds.
A notable presence inside the top-10 of the agility test was Ben Brown, with the mature-age ruckman/forward running a time of 8.29 seconds.
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