Jamaica's Natrece East and Tiana Marshall booked their places in the semi-finals of the Under-17 girls 100m at the 50th Carifta Games in Nassau, Bahamas this morning.

East was third in her first-round heat, clocking 12.10 seconds, while Marshall was fourth in her heat with 12.23. Both advanced to the semi-finals as non-automatic qualifiers.

Jamiah Nabbie of the Bahamas clocked the fastest time among the field heading into the semi-finals, clocking 11.75 to win her heat.

The semi-finals and finals will take place this afternoon beginning at 4:00 p.m.

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