Patrick Smyth 3rd in USA 10,0000-meters

Team USA Minnesota's Patrick Smyth placed third in last night's USA Outdoor Championships 10,000-meter run, clocking 29:18.13 in the 25-lap contest.

Smyth (pictured above, leading) was the top Minnesota finisher on the first day of competition at the meet taking place at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.

Smyth's teammate Josh Moen finished 14th in the event in 29:52.56. Hopkins High School grad Michael Krish, competing for Georgetown University, finished 19th in 30:35.71.

Galen Rupp won the race in 28:59.29. Ed Moran was second in 29:02.07.

There's a post-race video interview with Smyth HERE.

You can watch Smyth's race -- and the rest of last night's action -- HERE, via RunnerSpace's coverage of the meet.

Team USA Minnesota's Katie McGregor, the 2005 USA Outdoor champion at 10,000m, finished 7th in the event last night in 32:58.62. Teammate Meghan Armstrong was 11th in 33:54.05. The University of Minnesota's Megan Duwell, though entered, didn't not start the race.

Amy Begley won the race in 32:06.45.

There's a post-race interview with McGregor HERE. She says she'll now point her training toward a fall marathon -- likely either New York or Chicago.

Smock 4th in Triple Jump ... Amanda Smock (pictured below), a Melrose High School and NDSU graduate, finished 4th in last night's triple jump. She marked a 44-7 1/2 in the event, which was won by Erika McClain with a 46-6 1/4 leap.

Other results from the USA Championships included Gabriele Anderson's finals-qualifying 4:13.47 performance in the women's 1500m prelims. Fellow Minnesotan Molly Lehman, a Minnetonka High School alum who now represents the New York Athletic Club, finished 18th in 4:26.16.

In the women's 800m, Burnsville High School grad Laura Januszewski advanced to today's semifinals with a 2:03.68 performance in the opening round.

Team USA Minnesota's Heather Dorniden, however, did not advance. The former Golden Gopher star ran 2:11.11 to finish 27th overall after a bad fall with 200 meters to go in the race.

Minnesota Juniors in Action ... A handful of Minnesota junior athletes were in action in the companion USA Junior Championships also taking place in Des Moines.

In the junior men's shot put, Casey Dehn, an Owatonna High School alum who now represents teh University of Wisconsin, finished 9th with a throw of 56-10 3/4. Logan Hussung of Farmington finished 18th in 53-8 1/4, with Jake Fenske of Owatonna 19th at 50-6.

In the 100m hurdles, Jessica January, a ninth-grader from Richfield High School ran 14.56 for 15th place in the prelims. She did not advance to finals.

Edina's Devin Crawford-Tufts finished 19th in the junior men's 100m in 10.96.

Photos by Gene Niemi (Smyth) and Becky Miller (Smock).