Jamaica’s  swimming  star  Alia  Atkinson  landed her fourth medal  last  evening  at  the  2018 CAC  Games  in Barranquilla  Colombia.

The 2017 sportswoman  of  the  year  claimed  the  bronze  medal  when  she  placed  third  in the  women’s  100  metres  butterfly  where  she was  timed  at  1-minute-00.13  seconds as Carolina Guevara of Mexico took  the  gold  in 59.31  seconds.

Atkinson  has  already  won  gold  in  the  the women’s 100 meters breastroke, the women’s 50 meters breastroke  and the  women’s 50 meters butterfly

In the  meantime  Bryana  Renuart   was  2nd  in the  b’  final  of  the  women’s 400  metres   individual medley, where  she  clocked  5-minutes-10.96 seconds.

This morning James gunning placed fourth in his heat in the men’s 200 meters freestyle in 1 minute 53.76 seconds.

Rafael Davila of Colombia took the heat in 1 minute 51.08 seconds

Jamaica now lies 9th in the medal table with 5 medals 3 gold and two bronze, while Mexico continues to be the runaway leaders on the standings with 125 medals, with 46 gold, 44 silver and 35 bronze.

There  was  victory  for  Jamaica  in the  women’s  basketball  competition   yesterday .

…….Tashawna  Higgins  with  19  points  and  captain Sasha Dixon 14  powered the Jamaican ladies  to  a  62-57 triumph  over  Guatemala  in  the  5th  to  8th  place  playoff match up.

The Jamaican ladies will tackle the US Virgin Island at 3:30 this afternoon in the battle for 5th place.

Meanwhile Jamaica’s men’s hockey team suffered their second straight loss  at  the  tournament.

This after they were blanked 5-nil by Cuba yesterday.

On the flip side Jamaican women’s hockey players will go for win number two when they face Trinidad and Tobago this afternoon at 2 o’ clock Jamaica time.

In women’s football Jody  Brown  and  Chinyelu Asher were both on target for the  national under 20 reggae  girls who secured their  first victory  of  the  tournament, in a 2-1 win over host  Colombia .

The win which ended the two match losing streak of the reggae girls came a little too late as the Jamaicans failed to advance from the group.

Coach Lorne Donaldson says the experience in Colombia will serve as a crucial platform for the Jamaican team.

The Jamaican male squash team of Chris Binnie, Lewis Walters and Anthony Burrowes lost their opening qualification game in pool b, going down 3-love to Colombia. Walters lost his game 3-11, 6-11, 8-11 to Juan Vargas, Binnie then lost the second game 11-3, 9-11, 6-11, 3-11, before Burrowes fell 11-9 , 7-11, 4-11, 3-11 to Andres Herrera.