But this was more than just a casual jog - Follmar and her Saratoga cross country teammates were competing against the other teams of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League in the Central Park Invitational in Santa Clara on Sept. 24.

And Follmar ran well enough to finish among the leaders in the annual run, coming in third in the girls varsity division, just 15 seconds behind the race winner.

Follmar covered the 2.3-mile course in 13:47 to finish third overall and lead the Falcons to a sixth-place finish in the girls team standings. Milpitas won the team title.

Rachael Foust ended up 34th in 16:29, with Paula McNally 44th in 16:53, Jackie Molzon 50th in 17:18 and Parsan Saffaie 53rd in 17:24 to round out the top five for Saratoga.

Steven Surrette was 30th in 13:17 and Jacob Osborne finished 33rd in 13:22 to lead Saratoga to a 13th-place finish in the boys varsity division.

The Saratoga boys managed to nail fifth overall in frosh-soph competition, thanks to sophomore Hari Subramaniam, who finished second in 13:17. Henry Barmeier was 18th in 13:59, with Robert Paolini 21st in 14:01 and Joe Yeh 30th in 14:18.

In the boys junior varsity race, Will Alleshouse was 11th in 14:29, with Ramy El-Diwany 35th in 15:18. In the girls JV class Annie Tam was 33rd in 18:01, with Elynne Wang 36th in 18:15.

A week earlier, Follmar joined Fremont's Austin Sardella and Alex Burdos, Morgan Katz of Lynbrook and Stephanie Wilcox of Los Gatos as individual winners at the Saratoga Invitational.

Follmar scooted over the 2-mile course in 12:16.5 to win the girls event, with Lynbrook's Aya Wakabayashi a distant second in 12:44. But Wakabayashi's effort was good enough to lead the Vikings to a team title in the event.

Lynbrook ran up a low 20 points to win the girls championship, with Saratoga second at 58.

Francine Lee was fourth in 13:05, with Sasoon Kim fifth in 13:28, Zohreh Akhavan eighth in 13:50 and Agnieszka Goslicka ninth in 13:54 to help Lynbrook clinch the crown.

Foust finished 15th for Saratoga in 14:10, with McNally 20th in 14:41 and Molzon 21st in 14:54.

Sardella won the boys varsity race in 10:45.5, with teammate Mike Pullano second in 10:47 to lead Fremont to a team title. The Firebirds finished with 48 points ,and Saratoga was second at 75.

Surrette was fourth in 10:53 to lead the Falcons, and Osborne was sixth in 10:55. Subramaniam finished 10th in 11:03 for the Falcons, with Barmeier 20th in 11:30.

Katz was first overall in 12:09 to lead Lynbrook to a team title in the boys junior varsity division. Kenji Cox-Muranami was second in 12:11 for the Vikings, with Charles Chen sixth, Hsiang Hsiao eighth and Michael Chang 13th.

Kent Booi was the top Saratoga finisher in the division, running fifth in 12:19. Alleshouse was 12th, with Chris Chapman 14th and El-Diwany 17th.

Fremont's Burgos ran 11:35.2 to win the individual crown in the boys frosh-soph division, but it was Rob Paolini finishing second in 11:35.7 to lead Saratoga to the team title. Scott Surrette was fourth in 11:42, with Yeh 11th, Ken Douglas 15th and Austin Chu 29th.

Wilcox was the girls JV champ, leading Los Gatos to the team title. Saratoga was second behind a 12th by Elaine Wang in 15:45 and a 13th by Tam in 15:46.

Lynbrook's Christina Liao was second overall in the division in 13:51, with Amber Ju fourth in 14:33.