 two semifinal races in the under 17 girls 800 meters top three from each plus the next two fast tests to advance to the final we begin with the girls 800 under 17 Grenada's Kayla Olive Diana's Marisa Thomas the championship record you see there in the 17 girls 800 Natalia ghoul Kayla Olive Grenada Diana's Marisa Thomas Jamaica's Kevon Gay Fowler the Bahamas Jade Knowles Bermuda's Jada Grant to Trinidad and Tobago's Shan Lewis Barbados is Daniel Skeet and from the Turks and Keiko's Island Eunice Mystic once again 209.59 once again the Jamaicans expected to already be the class of this field especially in this division these under 17 girls Lewis Trinidad and Tobago Kevon Gay Fowler they're on to make up by a distance the fastest in this semifinal built a little like a young Princess Toya you know a lot about these things don't you one of my favorite athletes Adler Cariff the Games and Toya Ghoul fantastic athlete yeah terrific performer Natalia Ghoul still the record holder a lot taller than Natalia Ghoul that much I can tell you and maybe not as fast first semifinal coming up in the under 17 girls 800 meters there is Kevon Gay Fowler fastest in the field for this first section especially in events like the 800 1500 expect the the class of the Jamaicans to really shine through in part because they have that depth and they have that level of competition that a lot of these other countries are lacking it's a lot of times you find that even if you have an outstanding runner in the 800 1500 meter he or she doesn't have anybody to really push them so they don't really get better but lay in getting the 800 started yeah this event scheduled to get on the way at 10 o'clock local time it is 10 o'clock and so as soon as the starting equipment is ready I don't think they'll send this one off not a lot of fans in this morning maybe a number of individuals heading to church and they are probably watching on the Sportsmax app I was told that part of the problem with the starting apparatus yesterday as you see a group there from Saint Lucia a couple of solutions to be in the 800 meter heats this morning most of those would be from the south of Saint Lucia view fort Barbados also well represented couldn't tell you where in Barbados those videos are from Grenada is very much in the house great hosts terrific hosts this is my third time in Grenada and I've thoroughly enjoyed it maybe more than the other visits as well of course the first time I came was to watch the West Indies play well that is not universally enjoyable the West Indies won that series I can tell you it was against Zimbabwe but how was your heart didn't race actually it probably was the most boring three-match 50 over series I'd ever watched what's in this one though so there was that consolation but it wasn't very exciting in all honesty I was back in 2013 the quickest stadium now under refurbishment this stadium the Karani James refurbished after Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and got it ready for the 2016 Carifter Games and then redeveloped the refurbished the track in time for these games here in 2024 semi-final round of the under 17 girls 800 meters coming up I delay at the start because we should have gotten this one away three minutes ago again olive of Grenada Thomas was in the 400 final last night for Guyana Kevin gave follow Jamaica jade knows of the Bahamas Jada Grant Bermuda shine Lewis Trinidad and Tobago Daniel Skeeter Barbados and Eunice Missick of the Turks and Keiko silence top three plus the next two fastest done times the guns have been really quick this morning really do need to allow the athletes to settle effectively before that gun goes but they are away and all safe as Trinidad and Tobago's shine Lewis goes out really hard and it takes the early advantage this is a pretty brisk pace for the Trinbegonian 442 142 Jada grant of Bermuda in second position with the Kevin gave follow the Jamaican comfortable in third the Bahamian jade knows in fourth position but this is really quick from the Trinidad and Tobago athlete shine Lewis and no one is trying to go with her will she be able to maintain this it's almost ridiculous the fast for a first round heat was about 103 for the first 400 and she's really pushing this Terry a loser bronze medalist last evening in the 1500 and she is really taking the pace out here and the challenge now materializing from Edwin Allen's Kevin gave Fowler yeah she did the same thing in the 1500 final last night took it out went to the front and tried to maintain she did well enough to hold on for the bronze medal there but here will she be able to hold on to an automatic qualifying position Kevin gave follow the Jamaican step forward and joins her the rest of the field I'm not sure if they have the quality to close in on a struggling shine Lewis of Trinidad and Tobago follow the Jamaican takes charge now Lewis in second position coming through his nose of the Bahamas she's in third the Barbadian Daniel Skeet finds herself in fourth position top three short to be in the final Kevin gave follow favorite coming in and she eases away to win this one comfortably to 16 99 on the clock downstairs Lewis holds on for second and I think the Bahamian picked the Barbadian on the line for the third automatic qualifying position you know front-running not a terrible strategy if you're able to hold on to the end and she's able to hold on but what she does especially in the last couple of hundred meters is that she starts looking around to see what's going on she starts looking at the ground if you can remain focused through that 800 or 1500 meters then front-running is fine but she's not doing so she's losing her concentration she's starting to think about who's behind her and she's taking valuable seconds away every time she does that yeah I just think 103 for the first 400 meters was unnecessary in a first round heat where outside of Kevin gave father a 2-12 and she's not looking to run 2-12 here in the qualifying round you're dealing with the 220 competitors mid 220s and so I think you can be significantly smarter in a first round heat but she is young and with time I think she will learn and understand how to negotiate qualifying Kevin gave father having that down to a T easing to to 1699 based on what we saw on the clock downstairs so follow Lewis the 1500 bronze medalist from last night and the Bahamian Jade knows qualifying automatically to 1704 221 16 for Lewis 222 21 for knows Keith of Barbados 222 31 and Jada granted Bermuda 228 89 on the bubble likely that we'll see somewhat similar times in the second heat I think so the young Barbadian may feel good about