Toni Ann Doyley won Jamaica's first medal on the track at the 20th Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia on Wednesday night.
Doyley clocked 13.10 seconds to earn bronze in the women's 100 metres hurdles. The gold went to Cuba's Anay Tejeda who topped the field in 12.86. Haiti's Nadine Faustin (12.91) got silver. Jamaican Andrea Bliss was fourth in 13.42.
The British Virgin Islands' Tahesia Harrigan and Churandy Martina, of the Netherlands Antilles, scored superb 100-metre victories.
Harrigan sped to a near record 11.15 seconds to win the women's 100 metres, a few moments before Martina sped to a new games record 10.06 seconds to capture the men's 100 metres at the Pedro de Heredia Athletics Stadium.
Runner-up Lavern Jones, of the US Virgin Islands, was a distant second in 11.50 seconds and Virgil Hodge, of St Kitts and Nevis, completed a Caribbean sweep of the medals with bronze in 11.52 seconds.
Trinidad and Tobago's Ayanna Hutchinson got fourth in 11.55 seconds and Jamaican Nyoka Cole got seventh in 11.77 seconds.
Caribbean sweep
In the men's final that also saw a sweep of the medals by Caribbean sprinters, Martina overcame a stiff challenge from the Bahamian Derek Atkins and sliced 0.01 seconds off the record 10.07 seconds he set in the semi-final on Tuesday.
Atkins got silver in 10.13 seconds and Trinidad and Tobago's Jacey Harper picked up bronze in 10.33 seconds.
Jamaican Lerone Clarke was fourth in 10.34.
Led by Grenada's two-time World Indoor champion Alleyne Fran-cique, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) athletes won five other medals on the second night of track and field.
Francique clocked 45.44 seconds for the silver medal in the men's 400 metres that Cuban Yeimer Lopez won in 45.28.
The Dominican Republic's Arismendy Peguero (45.55) was third while Jamaican Ricardo Chambers (45.73) and Bahamian Michael Mathieu (46.13) placed fifth and sixth respectively.
Yudelkis Fernandez emerged one of five champions for Cuba on the night when she won the women's long jump at 6.37 metres ahead of Colombia's Catherine Ibarguen (6.36), and Tanika Liburd got St Kitts and Nevis a second medal Wednesday night when she placed third at 6.23 metres.
Jamaican Jovanee Jarrett, who won the US National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) gold medal in California last month, finished fifth at 6.02 metres, one place behind fourth placed Trinidadian Charisse Bacchus (6.13). Sheron Mark, another Trinidadian, was seventh at 5.88 metres.
Rising young Cuban star Dairon Robles captured the men's 110-metre hurdles in 13.12 seconds, ahead of Colombia's Paulo Villar (13.29) and Cuban Yoel Hernandez (13.51).
Barbadian Stephen Jones placed fourth in 13.67, while Haiti's Dudley Dorival (13.68) and T&T's Sanchaze Ross (14.39) finished fifth and seventh, respectively.
Bahamian Trevor Barry cleared 2.16 metres for bronze in the men's high jump behind Colombian gold medallist Gilmar Mayo (2.19).
Bahamian Donald Thomas and James Grayman, of Antigua and Barbuda, placed joint fourth at 2.13 metres.
The Cubans have overtaken Mexico in the medal standings on the strength of more gold medals.
Entering day 12 yesterday, the Cubans have 85 gold medals, 55 silver and 39 bronze in a total medal haul of 179, while the Mexicans have 214 medals with a breakdown of 83 gold, 69 silver and 62 bronze.
Jamaica (6-3-2) and Barbados (6-1-6) are the top CARICOM countries on the medal table.
