Kwesi Mugisa, Staff Reporter 
Jamaica's Alia Atkinson swims to win the gold medal in the 50 metres breaststroke event at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia, on Friday night. - Reuters
JAMAICA PUSHED their medal tally at the 20th Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Cartagena, Colombia, to 10, following three more medals on Friday night.
Teenage swimming sensation Alia Atkinson continued to make big waves at the Games as she added two more gold medals to boost her individual tally to four and Jamaica's gold tally of six with wins in the women's 50 metre breaststroke and the 200 individual medley on Friday.
The team now boasts six gold, three silver and one bronze
and are seventh in the overall
standings.
PERSONAL BEST
Atkinson won the women's 50 breaststroke in a Games record of 32.64 seconds and then shortly after returned to the pool to win the 200 medley in 2:21.69, a personal best. The nation garnered another medal in squash when the doubles team of Karen Anderson and Marlene Rabess settled for silver as they went down in the final 17-16 and 15-7 to Karina Herrera and Samantha Teran of Mexico.
Atkinson was again in action yesterday in the 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly but failed to qualify for the finals. However, there was a bit more luck for the men's 4x100 medley team as they made it to the final.
In cycling, the men's team failed to advance to the road race and gold medalist Iona Winter finished in 10th place.
Boxer Nicholas Walters remains the only Jamaican with a shot at a medal in that discipline. Walters, who boxes in the 57kg division, was in action late last night with a shot at booking a quarterfinal spot.
Both the men's and women's squash teams failed to progress to the next round of the team event.
The men's team lost 3-0 to El Salvador, while the women's team went down 2-1 to Guyana.
