Montana State track and field athletes competed well at the 2010 Outdoor Junior National Championships this week at Des Moines, Iowa. 

Jeff Mohl, a freshman from Red Lodge, placed ninth of 17 overall in the men's decathlon. Mohl scored 6190 points, his second best career performance to date. The decathlon is a series of ten events scored against a prescribed point value for each event. The better a competitor does against the national standard, the higher points accumulated in each individual event. The event consists of the 100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400-meter run, 100-meter hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw, and 1500-meter run.

Emily Tyrrell, a junior from Grand Forks, North Dakota, placed 13th in the women's javelin with a best throw of 150-01. Tyrrell, an All-American for the Bobcats in the event this year, was in the top six collegiate throwers in the open event. 

See the schedule and results of the junior national meet here.