Career
Atkins specializes in the 100 metres event and also holds the national record, with a time of 9.91 seconds. He helped lead those DSU track teams to back-to-back national team titles. He was also inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) Hall of fame in Track and field class.
2005 Atkins participated at the 2005 World Championships but failed to progress past the first round.
2007 On 28 April 2007 in Berkeley, California, Atkins again lowered the national record, to 9.98 seconds. He also ran 9.86 s and 9.83 s, though with tail winds of 2.3 and 2.4 m/son
On 26 August 2007 at the 2007 World Championships, Atkins came second with a national record time of 9.91s (wind speed -05 m/s). Atkins beat the world record holder and favorite for the event, Asafa Powell who ran 9.96 seconds.
2008 Atkins represented the Bahamas at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 1st in his heat in a time of 10.28 seconds in front of Andrey Yepishin and Jaysuma Saidy Ndure.
In the second round he improved his time to 10.14 seconds, finishing third in his heat behind Asafa Powell and Walter Dix, qualifying for the semi finals. There a 10.13 seconds race was unable to bring him in the final, finishing in sixth place of his semi final. 2012 Atkins represented the Bahamas at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 4th in his semi finals in a time of 10.08.