Jamaica struck gold for the first time at the Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador last night.

This when sprinter Yanique Dale won the women’s 200 meters in a time of 22.80 seconds.

Dale who was capturing her second medal at the CAC games after a second place finish in the 100 meters finished ahead of Yunies-ledy Garcia of Cuba 23.05 and Fior-Daliza Cofil of the Dominican Republic 23.07 seconds.

Jamaica’s medal tally at the games now stands at ten including 1 gold, five silver and four bronze.

Jamaica now sits in 14th place on the medals table behind overall leader Mexico with 278 including 116 gold, 87 silver and 75 bronze.