JAMAICA continued their dominance at the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Senior Championships taking their tally to 26 medals on the final day of competition at the Estadio Jose Antonio Figueroa in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, yesterday.

Jamaica had glory in the sprint hurdles and the women’s 4X400-metre relay in a time of 3:29.86.

The men’s 4×400-metre team copped the bronze medal behind winners The Bahamas and Trinidad & Tobago.

Eric Keddo claimed the men’s 110m event in a time of 13.49 seconds, while his teammate Hansel Parchment was kicked out of the event after false starting.

Vonette Dixon clocked a season’s best 12.77 seconds to win the women’s 100m hurdles ahead of the Colombian duo of Brigitte Merlano (12.89) and Lina Flores (12.94). Andrea Bliss, who qualified as one of the fastest losers, finished seventh in a time of 13.50 seconds.

Peaches Roache, who was an overnight leader in the women’s heptathlon, slipped to the bronze medal position after finishing with 5,589 points as Cuba’s Gretchen Quintana scored 5,704 points for first.

Anastasiya Leroy’s time of 223.13 seconds was good enough for bronze in the women’s 200m behind the Bahamian pair of Nivea Smith, who won in 22.80 and Anthonique Strachan who claimed silver in 22.90.

Trelawny native Jason Young also secured bronze in the men’s equivalent in a time of 20.78 seconds, The event was won by Michael Mathieu of the Bahamas in 20.60, while Rondel Sorillo of Trinidad and Tobago clocked 20.64 for second.

Natoya Goule won her first senior championships medal after posting two minutes 2.83 seconds for third in the 800m. Garbiela Medina of Mexico (2:01.50) for the gold ahead of Cuba’s Rosemary Almazo in 2:02.23. Clora Williams, the other Jamaican in the race, did not finish the event.

Yanique Levy just missed out on a medal in the women’s long jump, finishing fourth with a best leap of 6.19m achieved on her first attempt. The event went to the Bahamian Bianca Stuart in a championships record equalling 6.81m.

Arantxa King (6.47m) and Yvonne Trevino of Mexico (6.30m) were second and third, respectively.

Wilbert Walker hopped, skipped, and jumped 16.85m to finish down the field in seventh in the triple jump which was won by Cuba’s Osniel Tosca in 17.22m.

Damar Forbes, who is the only Jamaican so far to make the IAAF World Championships ‘A’ qualifying standard gave the country its 16th medal on Saturday evening after he leapt 7.81m on his final attempt to secure silver in the men’s long jump.

Bermuda’s Tyrone Smith won the event with a best jump of 8.06m, while Raymond Higgs of the Bahamas won with a leap of 7.75m.

The Jamaicans lead the tally with 26 medals, comprising 10 gold, six silver and 10 bronze.