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The traditional 100-metre dash is taking place on Grand Final day, with one entrant from each AFL club.
Surprisingly veteran Richmond midfielder Dion Prestia was nominated by the Tigers to race. The 2019 best and fairest winner was a left-field entrant after he missed 10 games this season to hamstring and calf injuries. Carlton’s Orazio Fantasia, similarly injury-prone, has also entered.
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The sprint, which has been held pre-game for the last two years after its final was staged during halftime between 2002 and 2019, was won last year by Geelong speedster Max Holmes from Brisbane’s Jaxon Prior and Melbourne’s Jed Adams.
Patrick Dangerfield famously claimed the race three years in a row from 2011-13 early in his time at Adelaide.
The heats were held pre-game – but bizarrely, not shown by host broadcaster Channel Seven.
In heat one, Adelaide’s Will Hamill, Brisbane’s Will McLachlan and Collingwood’s Beau McCreery were the clear top three with Fremantle’s Jeremy Sharp appearing to pinch fourth.
In heat two, North Melbourne’s Eddie Ford and St Kilda’s Darcy Wilson dashed away from the field, with Port Adelaide’s Jed McEntee third and a photo for fourth, Sydney’s Angus Sheldrick appearing to be just ahead of the Western Bulldogs’ Riley Garcia.
The Giants were not going to have an entrant before category B rookie Nathan Wardius was a late call-up.
Entrants
Adelaide Crows – Will Hamill
Brisbane Lions – Will McLachlan
Carlton – Orazio Fantasia
Collingwood – Beau McCreery
Essendon – Ben Hobbs
Fremantle – Jeremy Sharp
Geelong Cats – Shaun Mannagh
Gold Coast Suns – Tom Berry
GWS Giants – Nathan Wardius
Hawthorn – Josh Weddle
Melbourne – Oliver Sestan
North Melbourne – Eddie Ford
Port Adelaide – Jed McEntee
Richmond – Dion Prestia
St Kilda – Darcy Wilson
Sydney Swans – Angus Sheldrick
West Coast Eagles – Jai Culley
Western Bulldogs – Riley Garcia
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