Paul-Andre Walker, Staff Reporter FIFTEEN SECONDS separated Iona Wynter from another medal at the XX Central American and Caribbean (CAC)Games in Cartagena, Colombia, yesterday.
Wynter finished fourth in the women's individual time trials behind Colombia's Maria Calle, Marie Alexia Rosado and Cuba's Yudelmis Dominguez.
In the male equivalent,
Tinga Turner and Raydean Lawson finished 10th and 12th respectively.
At press time last night, Alia Atkinson looked destined to grab another gold medal qualifying for the 50-metre breaststroke final with the fastest time of 33.51 seconds.
Yesterday, Jamaica's shooters continued to struggle as well, as their competition, which is being held in Santo Domingo has been plagued with problems.
According to Jamaica's media liaison officer, Dennis Gordon, the team of Ronald Brown, Basil Davidson and David Rickman have been having diarrhoea problems after drinking water.
Jamaica lost 0-1 to Cuba in field hockey yesterday morning in the first game of this year's CAC women's hockey com-petition. Their next game will be tomorrow at 7:00pm against the Dominican Republic.
In the other Pool A game, Barbados defeated the Dominican Republic 9 - 0.
While there were no medals on Thursday evening, Jamaicans could be proud having broken four national records.
Brad Hamilton, who failed to medal in the 50-metre butterfly, found that he lowered the national record from 26.28 to 26.18 seconds, while Dominic Lee, who was also out of medal contention, lowered the national 100-metre breaststroke record from 1:07.65 to 1:07.36.
The relay team of Travis Forte, Dominic Lee, Jonathan Wong and Hamilton were also in record-breaking mood as they lowered both the 4x100 and 4x200 metres national freestyle records.
In the 4x100, the new national record is 3:34.12, while it is 7:57.76 in the 4x200. Jamaica were fifth and sixth in the events respectively.
In boxing on Thursday, Ricardo Smith was disqualified from his first bout after being called on what is said to be a controversial low-blow incident.
In the meantime, Nicholas Walters continued to prove himself as Jamaica's best boxer, after he defeated his Haitian opponent with a unanimous decision.
At press time Jamaica were still looking for a gold or silver in the finals of the women's doubles in squash.
