Thalia Mason won the Boston Pentathlon with a score of 2794 points in her first outing as an U17. She set a PB of 7.84m in the shot and cleared 1.56m in the high jump only 2 cm shy of the lifetime  best. Her long jump of 5.21m was also a standout performance. Meanwhile on the other side of the country, Stephen Simmons was winning the Somerset Senior Decathlon – his first foray into the senior ranks. Using it as preparation for the England Championships at the end of May he scored 6317 points, his highlights being  a PB of 50.90sec in the 400m, an equal PB of 1.80 in the high Jump and a vault of 4.10m only 10 cm shy of his recent personal best.