Schneider outran the competition on a flat and fast 2.1-mile course at Lynbrook High to capture the 10th annual Lynbrook Invitational. He also earned the Fremont Union High School District boys title, as the event served as the FUHSD championships for Homestead, Fremont, Cupertino, Monta Vista and Lynbrook.

The Firebird junior clocked 10:26.7, more than five seconds ahead of runner-up Hari Iyer of Saratoga. Iyer (10:32.1) finished ahead of Monta Vista seniors Jason Yow (10:39) and Matt Paquet (10:41). Lynbrook senior Luis Jensen (10:48) was fifth.

Saratoga senior Alicia Follmar easily won the girls race in 11:37.3, a new girls course record. Cupertino sophomore Julianne Hansen (12:19.8) was well off Follmar's torrid pace, but indeed was the best of the other 45 varsity girls and earned a district championship. Lynbrook sophomore MayC Huang (12:24) was third, followed by Monta Vista junior Stephanie Cham and Cupertino freshman Sumika Shiokawa.

Fremont sophomore Elijah Carrillo (11:08) took 11th in the varsity boys race. Rishi Agrawal, another sophomore, was Homestead's top finisher. He ran 11:12 for 13th place.

Junior Nikki Kinney was the fastest Fremont girl, placing 17th in 13:44.

Mustangs win in polo

Homestead's boys water polo team suffered a tough 10-7 defeat to SCVAL-El Camino rival Wilcox on Oct. 28. Kenny Russum was the Mustangs' top scorer with five goals. Thomas Denton and Derrick Lee both scored one.

The Mustangs had won their two previous El Camino contests, 14-2 over Fremont on Oct. 19 and 17-5 over Santa Clara the next day. Russum and Denton both tallied four goals against Santa Clara, while Lee and Simon Iacob added two apiece. Paul Chen, Karta Khalsa and Russum paced the win over Fremont with three goals apiece.