JADE O’Dowda shot to the top of the UK under 17 heptathlon rankings with an impressive performance as a guest competitor at the Somerset Schools’ Combined Events Championships.

The Oxford City athlete, 15, led from start to finish at Millfield School on the way to a personal best score of 4,559 points.

O’Dowda, from Kidlington, finished 119 points ahead of nearest challenger, Cornwall’s Georgia Doyle-Lay.

She surpassed her best marks in the shot and 800m and received national standard badges for results in the high jump and her overall score.

RESULTS

Somerset schools combined events championships

U17 heptathlon: 1 J O’Dowda 4559 points (pb). Individual event results: 80mH: 11.95 secs. High jump: 1.69m. Shot put: 10.72 (pb). 200m 26.58. Long jump: 5.00. Javelin: 22.88. 800m: 2mins 30.65secs (pb).