Dumfries athlete Jo Muir finished in fifth place in the first Pentathlon GB National Ranking Competition of the year.

Kate French came on top in the women's category and Sam Curry finished first in the men's race.

In the women’s event, French finished 16 points clear of Jess Varley with fellow Rio 2016 Olympian Samantha Murray coming third.

Meanwhile in the men’s event, Curry enjoyed a comfortable victory over Tom Toolis with 18-year-old Myles Pillage rounding out the top three.

The competition, which was held at the University of Bath - Pentathlon GB’s National Training Centre - started in the pool with the 200m swim. Murray recorded the quickest time of the women’s event.

Murray continued her good start to the day in the fencing salle, where 20 victories and eight defeats saw her top a second discipline standings.

Georgia Pipes and 2015 Junior World Champion Francesca Summers recorded 19 victories apiece to finish second, meaning the trio were the top three heading into the laser-run with Murray enjoying a 15-second lead over Pipes.

After two disciplines, French was lying fourth with a 45-second deficit to Murray.

But an exciting laser-run saw the top five positions changing throughout, French eventually crossing the line first ahead of Varley thanks to the two quickest times of the day, while Muir recorded the third best laser-run time of the day to move up to sixth ahead of the ride.

The ride at West Wilts Equestrian Centre saw limited changes to the overall standings with Muir moving above Kerenza Bryson the only significant change among the top seven, which meant French held on to take victory.

In the men’s event, Myles Pillage produced a sublime sub two-minute swim to take the lead after the opening discipline ahead of Bradley Sutton and Henry Choong.

In the fencing salle, it was Joe Choong who excelled as he topped the discipline standings ahead of fellow 2016 Olympian Jamie Cooke with Toolis and Curry finishing joint third with 21 victories and 12 defeats.

But eventually it was Curry, who is currently studying at King’s College in London, who prevailed with the quickest time of the day.

He was followed across the line by Pillage, Toolis, Choong and Cooke, setting the order ahead of the ride, the final discipline of the day.

Joe Choong withdrew before the ride leaving Curry, Pillage and Toolis to battle it out for victory and Curry eventually came out on top.

The second National Ranking Competition of the year takes place next month, also at the University of Bath and West Wilts Equestrian Centre.