The 1.98m Jamaican goal shoot was drawn in the overall champion Fiji team at the Southern Steel’s athletics day yesterday, alongside Ngawai Eyles and Abby Erwood.
Gina Crampton, Te Paea Selby-Rickit and Lauren Piebenga represented Fowler-Reid’s home country, finishing second.
The Steel squad held the day to mentally refresh after its congested Super Sunday period.
Players and coaches were broken down into five teams of three, representing the United States, Ireland, India, Jamaica and Fiji.
Each had to have a mascot, uniform and team slogan.Teams competed in a variety of events to accumulate points to put towards the overall total.
Originally scheduled with traditional events, the day had to be revamped as bad weather forced the session inside.
The teams competed modified versions of the triathlon, endurance relay, shot put with a 6kg medicine ball, tug of war, sprint relay, throwing accuracy and 60m dash.
Fiji dominated both the tug of war and 60m dash.
Fowler-Reid’s strength was key in the tug of war, while her long legs helped her on the way to winning the sprint.
Jamaica won the throwing event, which involved getting a frisbee and vortex through a hole, with Crampton being a standout.
The Indian team, of Shannon Francois, Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit and Corina Ngatuere finished third, while Ireland, consisting of Reinga Bloxham, Jamie Hume and Jane Watson was fourth.
Coming in last was the US, with team manager Dayna Kaio, Wendy Frew and Jennifer O’Connell being disqualified in the triathlon for not going all the way around a cone.
O’Connell, however, was able to win the shot put with a throw of 9m.
The day came after a period of three games in six days, which allowed the team to extend its ANZ Premiership winning streak to seven.
It is set to play the Mainland Tactix in Dunedin on Sunday at 2pm.
