Speedy North Adelaide youngster Harrison Magor boosts AFL draft hopes by clocking super fast time
A former Crows player has helped North Adelaide youngster and SANFL under-18 best and fairest winner Harrison Magor improve his draft hopes.
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Harrison Magor is a competitive beast with genuine leg speed.
But the North Adelaide product knew he needed to find out how to tap into that speed.
Magor, who claimed the SANFL’s under-18 best and fairest medal, enlisted ex-AFL and SANFL player Bryan Beinke to help.
It paid off when Magor clocked a super fast time of 2.84 seconds to win the 20m sprint at this month’s AFL state draft combine.
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The midfielder also proved to have impressive endurance, making it to level 20.8 in the yo-yo test – placing him at the elite level for mature athletes.
Magor, of Lightsview, finished in the top six for four of the five events under the scrutiny of AFL scouts ahead of next month’s national draft.
“I was over the moon after all the testing,” Magor says.
“I’ve always been quick – as a kid I used to always win the sprints at school sports days.
“I sort of didn’t really show it too much this year on field but I always knew I had the speed there.
“I’ve been at Karmony Health and Fitness doing work with Bryan Beinke … I’ve been working on some agility, power-speed stuff with him for six weeks.
“All credit to him (Beinke) he put me on the right path and told me what I need to do to get faster.
“Obviously it paid off when I did the 20m sprint.”
Magor, who also featured in two reserves games for North this year, became the fourth Rooster in six years to claim the league’s under-18 best and fairest medal.
He said winning was a shock, especially because he only played 11 matches after missing games because of state under-18 commitments and the national championships.
“I thought someone who had played all 18 games would’ve got there,” he says.
“But I was very honoured to accept the award and it feels good getting the recognition from the umpires.”
Magor, originally from Port Pirie, moved to Adelaide with his older brother Jakan a year ago after being invited to join SA’s AFL Academy.
He says it won’t be “the end of the world” if he isn’t picked at the AFL national or rookie draft.
But he will not give up on his dream of making it in the national league and will return to the Roosters with an aim of playing league football.