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CHAMPS 2022 | East cruises in 200 prelims

Published:Thursday | April 7, 2022 | 10:58 AM
ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships 100-metre champion, Wolmer's Girls' Natrece East on her way to winning heat one of the 200 inside the National Stadium earlier this morning.
Gladstone Taylor
ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships 100-metre champion, Wolmer's Girls' Natrece East on her way to winning heat one of the 200 inside the National Stadium earlier this morning.

Wolmer's Girls Natrece East was the most impressive in qualification for the semi-finals of the Class Four 200m at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships inside the National Stadium this morning.

East, who won the Class Four 100m title yesterday, had the fastest time among the semi-finalists, clocking 25.51 seconds to win her first-round heat.

Kimberly Wright of Immaculate Conception qualified with the second-fastest time, 25.63.

Janelia Williams of Excelsior High qualified with the third-fastest time of 25.81.

The 200-metre semi-finals are on tomorrow at 1:10 p.m.

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