Epsom & Ewell Harriers’ Jacob Paul won the English schools’ junior boys’ pentathlon title at Bedford last Saturday.

The 14-year-old, in his second season of athletics, finished with a lifetime best score of 3,127 points, beating the 3,000 points barrier for the first time.

Paul was third going into the final event, the 800m, but produced a storming run to snatch gold by just 12 points.

His positions for each event were: 100m: 1st (11.29), shot 5th (11.70m PB), long jump 3rd (5.83m), high jump =5th (1.68m), 800m (1st 2:05.38 PB).

His win at Bedford came a week after he clinched the Surrey title at Horsham.

Despite failing to finish the 8,000m, he still finished 24 points clear on 2,374.

Last month, he took silver at the England Athletics U15s boys’ pentathlon championship in Birmingham.

Surrey’s team of three took silver on 7,869 points, just eight less than winners Essex.

The other members of Surrey’s team were Oliver Newport, 13th on 2,549 points, and Faraz Rafi, 28th on 2,193 points.

Herne Hill’s Blade Ashby, winner of the junior boys’ pentathlon title last year, finished 11th in the intermediate boys’ octathlon.

Ashby was representing London.

Surrey’s Jasmine Dotzek claimed the English schools senior girls’ bronze medal when she finished third in the heptathlon at Bedford with 4,484 points, some way off her best.

The Surrey team of Vicky Maguire (13th on 2,641 points), Lily Newman (18th with 2,623) and Epsom & Ewell’s Shona Richards (26th with 2,509) was sixth in the junior girls’ pentathlon with 7,773 points.

Belgrave’s Alex Wright, representing Surrey, won the senior boys’ 10,000m track walk in 23:39.5.