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It’s been a glorious and historic day for Jamaica at the 20th staging of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland!

A trio of Jamaican women swept the medals in the women’s 400-metres – a first for the country at the Games.

Jamaica also created history with the ever-improving Kimberley Williams winning gold in the women’s Triple Jump.

This, on a day when the country bagged three gold medals on the third day of the Track and Field competitions at this year’s Commonwealth Games.

Stephanie McPherson led Jamaica’s 1, 2, 3 in the women’s 400 metres, with Novelene Williams-Mills finishing second and Christine Day, third.

A sweep looked to be on the cards after the trio entered the final with the three fastest times.

But, there was always the possibility that their party could’ve been disrupted by Botswana’s Amantle Montsho, the defending Champion.

McPherson won gold in 50-point-67 seconds, Williams-Mills took silver in 50-point-86 seconds, and Day, bronze in 51-point-09 seconds.

Day – a former Tacky High School student – pipped Montsho on the line to complete the Jamaican sweep.

It’s the first time in Jamaica’s illustrious history in athletics that it has swept the medals over the 400 metres at a major Championships.

Kimberley Williams, also shone brilliantly on the day, winning gold in the women’s Triple Jump, with a leap of 14-point-21 metres. Another first for Jamaica in that event at the Commonwealth Games.

The island picked up its third gold medal of the day courtesy of Andrew Riley, in the Men’s 110-metres hurdles.

Riley – Jamaica’s only finalist in the event – beat the other seven hurdlers lined up against him, stopping the clock in 13-point-32 seconds.

With the end of day three of Track and Field, Jamaica is now at the top of the Athletics medal table with 10 – 5 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze.

Yesterday, O’Dayne Richards, created history, winning Jamaica’s first ever gold medal in the Men’s Shot Put at a Major Championship.

The country’s overall medal tally now stands at 12, courtesy of Alia Atkinson’s silver and bronze in the swimming pool.