Oh, so maybe Los Gatos and Saratoga shared a piece of it—but for the most part, the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division cross country finals were dominated by the Matadors.

Monta Vista won individual and team titles in all three boys' events at the league meet, and the Matadors won a girls' championship as well as they raced to a great showing on the 2.95-mile course at Crystal Springs in Belmont.

Monta Vista freshman Scott Russell and Saratoga sophomore Alicia Follmar were the individual stars of the day.

Russell topped the field overall, running 16:40.6 to win the boys varsity crown. Follmar ran 19:15.1 to claim the girls varsity title.

For Follmar, the win was nothing new. She has been dominating the area cross country scene all season long, despite being just a sophomore. Follmar was alone at the finish line in the league meet, winding up more than 23 seconds ahead of her nearest rival.

Senior Erica Williams of Los Gatos was second in 19:38.8 with Lynbrook junior Aya Wakabayashi third in 19:50.0.

Rounding out the girls top 10 were senior Carolyn Penner of Los Gatos, fourth in 19:58.7; junior Dana Underwood of Monta Vista, fifth in 19:59.9; junior Shana Ravel of Los Gatos, sixth in 20:24.5; freshman Ali Rubnitz of Los Gatos, seventh in 20:29.5; freshman Zohreh Akhavan of Lynbrook, eighth in 20:33.6; junior Jill Blake-Burke of Monta Vista, ninth in 20:39.7; and senior Christine Yow of Monta Vista, 10th in 20:43.4.

Los Gatos ran up a low 31 points to win the team championship in the varsity girls division. Lynbrook finished second at 53, with Monta Vista third at 64 and Saratoga fourth at 107.

Homestead junior Rebecca Boyle just missed a place in the top 10. Boyle ran 20:44.0 to finish less than a second behind Yow in 11th place.

Christina Liao, Sasoon Kim, Agnieszka Goslicka, Kate Bossange and Francine Lee supported the performances of Wakabayashi and Akhavan to lead Lynbrook to second in the team standings. Liao, a freshman, was 13th in 20:54.8, with juniors Kim (14th in 21:14.4) and Goslicka (15th in 21:15.0) close behind. Bossange, a senior, was 17th in 21:28.2 and Lee, a senior, was 20th in 21:37.2.

Monta Vista junior Katherine Chu was 16th in 21:21.0, with teammate Connie Shieh, a freshman, 24th in 22:06.3.

Cupertino's Lisa Chang, a sophomore, was 18th in 21:29.0 and teammate Shannon Dye, a junior, was 19th in 21:35.8.

Senior Kassie Korobkova was the top Fremont finisher in the race, running 28th in 22:49.1. Homestead junior Roxanne Lee was 31st in 23:29.3 and Fremont freshman April Sanchez was 34th in 23:45.2.

Except for a girls junior varsity win by Los Gatos freshman Stephanie Wilcox, the rest of the day belonged to Monta Vista.

Russell was something of a surprise winner for the Matadors in the varsity boys race. The freshman blistered the course in 16:40.6 to finish almost six seconds ahead of the field.

Running second was his Monta Vista teammate Ian LaForm, also a freshman. LaForm was second in 16:46.2.

Fremont senior Mike Pullano ran a strong race to grab third in 16:51.2 and Monta Vista sophomore Jason Yow was fourth in 17:04.6.

Senior junior Steven Surrette was fifth in 17:06.3, with Fremont junior Austin Sardella sixth in 17:08.4, Cupertino senior Brian McDonough seventh in 17:11.1, Homestead freshman David Pochowski eighth in 17:16.7, Monta Vista senior Drew Fetterman ninth in 17:20.2 and Saratoga junior Will Alleshouse 10th in 17:22.2 to finish off the top 10 overall.

Senior Julian Kolev was 15th in 17:35.8 to round out the first five finishers for Monta Vista and help the Matadors run up 31 points to claim the team title. Fremont was second at 56 and Saratoga was third at 81.

Junior Randall Polgar was 12th in 17:28.9, with senior Rick Trevino 13th in 17:30.8 and junior Dennis Campos 22nd in 18:05.1 to help Fremont to a team second.

Homestead sophomore Chris Cook was 18th in 17:54.8.

Sophomore Matt Paquet ran 18:20.8 to finish first and lead the Monta Vista boys to a title in the frosh-soph division. Matt Lee was third for the Matadors, with Nayson Fernandes fourth, Alex Chen seventh and Craig Kawashima 11th.

Fremont finished second in the division, led by sophomore Haruki Shimoda, who was second in 18:31.0. Greg Crane was eighth, Kevin Schneider 10th, Jonanthan Huynh 21st and Aristeo Hernandez 25th.

Justin Lee was the individual winner in the boys junior varsity race, leading Monta Vista to a team championship. Seth Kugler was second, Elliot Jones third and Justin Bahng seventh for the Matadors.

Joseph Seo of Fremont was fourth, with Jeyvel Pandian of Lynbrook fifth, John Muhr of Saratoga sixth, Andrew Hao of Lynbrook eighth, Kenji Cox-Muranami ninth and Chris Chapman of Saratoga 10th.

In the girls JV race, Los Gatos' Wilcox was first and Anjali Kumar of Saratoga was second, but Monta Vista took the team title.