Saratoga's Alicia Follmar and Monta Vista's Ian Laform romped to wins on the 2.1-mile course that crossed Lynbrook's San Jose campus on Halloween day last Thursday.

The performance of Laform, just a freshman, was a real treat for the Matadors. He covered the distance in 11:08.8 to finish a minute ahead of his nearest rivals, teammates Jason Low and Julian Kolev.

Low, a sophomore, finished second for the Matadors in 11:09.3, with Kolev third in 11:09.8. Freshman Scott Russell was fifth overall for the Mats in 11:12.3 and junior Howard Chang was 21st in 11:37.2 to round out the top five.

Saratoga senior Jacob Osborne ended up fourth overall in 11:11.0, with teammate Steve Surrette, a freshman, ninth in 11:17.2. Sophomore Hari Subramaniam was 11th in 11:19.0, with junior Will Alleshouse 12th in 11:20.3 and junior Robert Paolini 32nd in 11:59.1.

Fremont junior Austin Sardella led the Firebirds by finishing 10th overall in 11:18.2. Mike Pullano was 13th in 11:20.9 for Fremont, with Randall Polgar 15th in 11:22.9, Dennis Campos 20th in 11:35.2 and Rick Trevino 30th in 11:51.8.

Cupertino senior Brian McDonough finished strong, running 16th in 11:26.1, and Homestead freshman David Pochowski was 17th in 11:29.8. Lynbrook sophomore Luis Jenson finished 18th in 11:29.8, with Homestead soph Chris Cook 19th in 11:32.6.

Cupertino's David Rabinowitz (23rd), Gautam Pbri (25th) and Andrew Loc (29th) also finished in the top 30, along with Eugene Berson (27th) of Lynbrook.

Follmar set the pace in the girls' varsity race. The Saratoga sophomore finished first in 12:38.9, outrunning junior Dana Underwood of Monta Vista to the finish chute. Underwood was second in 12:55.5.

Lynbrook's Aya Wakabayashi and Zohreh Akhavan were close behind. Wakabayashi, a junior, was third in 13:06.9 and Akhavan was fourth in 13:14.3.

Junior Jill Blake-Burke supported Underwood's effort by placing fifth in 13:20.3 for the Matadors. Monta Vista's Christine Yow, a senior, was seventh in 13:40.6, with freshman Vanessa Shih eighth in 13:47.7 and junior Katherine Chu 12th in 14:09.5 to lead the Mats to the team title.

Juniors Rebecca Boyle of Homestead and Sasson Kim of Lynbrook and sophomore Lisa Chang of Cupertino also finished in the top 10 overall. Boyle was sixth in 13:33.2, with Kim ninth in 13:50.6 and Chang 10th in 13:51.2.

Freshman Christina Liao was 11th in 13:52.0 and junior Agnieszka Goslicka was 15th in 14:15.5 to round out the top five for Lynbrook and help the Vikings to a team second. Kate Bossange (19th) and Soo Lee (23rd) also finished in the top 30 for the Vikes.

Cupertino junior Shannon Dye was 14th in 14:14.5, with teammate Joyce Lu 24th.

Saratoga sophomore Annie Tam supported Follmar's effort by running 16th in 14:16.4. Junior Jackie Molzon was 26th for the Falcons.

Freshman Nikki Kinney led the Fremont effort, running 17th in 14:17.2. Senior Kassie Korobkova was 25th.

Matt Paquet led a one-two-three finish for the Monta Vista boys in the junior varsity division, finishing first in 11:43.6. Justin Lee was second, with Nayson Fernandes third.

Saratoga's Henry Barmeier was fourth, with the Fremont twosome of Haruki Shimada and Greg Crane fifth and sixth, respectively.

Rounding out the top 10 were Xi-Lin Yeh of Cupertino at seventh, with Rahul Mallireddy of Monta Vista eighth, Kenji Cox-Muranami of Lynbrook ninth and Seth Kugler of Monta Vista 10th.

Monta Vista nailed the first four spots in the girls' junior varsity race, with freshman Connie Shieh leading the way. Shieh was first in 14:00.3, with Katie Sroub second, Evelyn Ling third and Judy Liang fourth.

Others in the top 10 included Lynbrook's Amber Ju (fifth), Hyan Kim (sixth), Jennifer Thomas (ninth) and Evan Smith (10th), and Monta Vista's Stephanie Green (seventh) and Sarah Green (eighth).