She said that she was going for the win first, and if a record happened to fall in the process, she would be pleased.
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Behind Kastor, there was a pack of four, however. R-L: Carrie Tollefson, Katie McGregor, Amy Rudolph, and Jen Rhines.
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Tollefson and McGregor are Team USA Minnesota teammates, and Rhines and Rudolph have been competing against each other since high school.
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Tollefson had a breakthrough in the summer of 2004 when she won the 1,500 at the U.S. Olympic Trials and then ran a PR to qualify for the Olympic team.
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Laura O'Neill runs in sixth place.
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