2009 AFL Grand Final Sprint
The AFL Grand Final sprint is an annual event which usually takes place at half-time of AFL Grand Final. It was first held in 1979. There has also been a kicking competition. Since 2021, there has also been a women's sprint event.
2009 Winner: Rhys Stanley (St Kilda)
The event reverted to a scratch race (all runners ran 100m) after three years as a handicap event. See a video of the 2009 race.
Results
- Rhys Stanley - St Kilda
- Trent McKenzie - Gold Coast
- Wade Thompson - Port Adelaide
Final Field: (scratch race)
Lane 1: Stephen Hill - Fremantle
Lane 2: Alex Rance - Richmond
Lane 3: Trent McKenzie - Gold Coast (2nd)
Lane 4: Wade Thompson - Port Adelaide (3rd)
Lane 5: Paddy Ryder - Essendon
Lane 6: Rhys Stanley - St Kilda (1st)
Lane 7: Brad Dick - Collingwood
Lane 8: Mike Pyke - Sydney
Heat 1:
Adelaide – Andy Otten
Brisbane – Tom Rockliff
Carlton – Andrew Walker
Collingwood – Brad Dick
Essendon – Paddy Ryder
Fremantle – Stephen Hill
Geelong – Taylor Hunt
Hawthorn – Liam Shiels
Heat 2:
Kangaroos – Warren Benjamin
Melbourne – Colin Sylvia
Port Adelaide – Wade Thompson
Richmond – Alex Rance
St Kilda – Rhys Stanley
Sydney – Mike Pyke
West Coast – Nic Naitanui
Western Bulldogs – Liam Picken
Related Pages
- AFL Sprint Winners List
- See all the videos of the races we could find.
- AFL half time mile race from 1977 & 1978
- AFL Grand Finalists
- Grand Final kicking competitions.
- Rugby League sprint race
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