Dorian Scott - file

Though he wasn't anywhere near the top throwers in the world for 2006, Dorian Scott has taken Jamaica's shot put to another level.

Despite ending the year as the world's 33rd ranked shot putter, Scott's Commonwealth Games silver medal, which was achieved in Melbourne, Australia in March, made him the first Jamaican to achieve this feat.

After throwing 19.33m on his first throw, but then failing to secure a mark his second, third and fourth attempts, Scott achieved his silver medal mark of 19.75m on his final attempt to win his first Commonwealth Games medal.

Scott missed the gold medal by one centimetre. Janus Robberts of South Africa won the gold with a throw of 19.76m

"My main goal was the Commonwealth Games and I am pleased to come away with the silver, but gold would be better," Scott said then.

Later in the year, Scott broke the national record at June's National Championships, throwing 20.33m. He erased his previous mark of 20.21m he threw for the gold medal at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Nassau, Bahamas last year.

The 24-year-old also had distances of 20.21 for first place at a meet in Orlando, Florida, and 20.21m for fifth at the World Cup in Athens.

Scott also had a good indoor season, breaking the national record three times with throws of 19.99m, 19.97m and 20.49m, all coming at various meets in Gainesville, and 20.52m in Virginia.

Scott graded his 2006 season 70 per cent.

"My main goal was to throw 21.00, but I came up short," he said.

"I had a good indoor season and I thought I would follow that up outdoors, but that did not happen. I would have liked to throw at least 3 centimetres more," he added while promising that with the experience gained, better things are ahead for next season.