Stephanie Casey was pacing by herself at 5:14.
Anali Cisneros and Celina Lepe lead a large pack in 5:37.
Stevens and Ewert looked comfortable building a lead and dropping the pace (4:33 for the 2nd km)
Most of the women looked relaxed and in control of their destiny.
The next section is going to be largely repetitious, but with the cool Simpson's backdrop I wanted to have a photo of most of the athletes going by it so they would have it for a memory, Doh! (See what I did there?)
Nick Christie
Daniel Nehnevaj, Emmanuel Corvera and Sam Allen
Steve Smith, Jordan Crawford, & AJ Gruttadauro
Bricyn Healey, & Anthony Peters
At this point Robyn Stevens and Taylor Ewert were chewing up the men's field
Allen James & Pablo Gomez
Benjamin Hofstra
Stephanie Casey
Chelsea Conway & Audrey Fox
Over halfway through the 3rd lap, Ewert pushed Stevens as they maintain their pace.
Melville puts the smack down on Olympian James and Pablo Gomez.