Who is the fastest Matilda, or Socceroo?
Nicole and Ashleigh Sykes the fastest girls in Australia, never mind Dubbo?Well who do you think?
Sarah Walsh, Jo Burgess, Lisa De Vanna or the new 16 year old girls from Dubbo?
Brett Emerton did a mean 2.8secs over 20 metres at the AIS when he was a youngster.
So thought it best to ask the coach who the fastest was.
Matildas Coach Tom Sermanni said,
"Well it depends how you do the test. At the AIS we start against a tape. The surface also can impact. Some clubs start you from 50cm back. Obviously this makes a big difference."
"Recently we had two players at 3.02, and 3.10. Walshy (Sarah Walsh) was 3.13, Joey Burgess 3.15, Amy Chapman 3.15."
So who were those two players?
Nicole and Ashleigh Sykes.
"The two girls from Dubbo. They are quick, very quick. We've invited them back into the squad.
"Unusually they weren't in a State training squad. But we saw them play and invited them in. They are faster than De Vanna and Walshy!"
Who is the fastest current Matilda?
Sermanni added,"It's hard to say. De Vanna is quick with a ball, but in a straight line Walshy beat her the other day when we tested them. And some players are faster in a game than in training if that makes sense."
