In swimming, a tenth of a second can separate victory from defeat, a place on the podium from a place on the bleachers.

A tenth of a second was all senior Adam Hinshaw needed to break the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League’s 40-year-old 200-yard freestyle record on May 6.

Once again, a record number of students are taking a record number of AP tests, continuing a trend set since the school implemented its open access policy six years ago.

This year alone, the school has 475 students taking a total of 1,064 tests. AP tests begin on May 2 and run through May 13, said Secretary/ CCC coordinator Bonnie Sheikh.

"1...chubby bunny...2...chubby bunny...3...chwubby bwunny...4...twubby bwunny...5..." All of the Chubby Bunny participants sounded exactly the same as they put one marshmallow in after the other. For those unfamiliar, Chubby Bunny is a childhood past time in which people compete to see how many marshmallows they can put in their mouth before their uttering of "chubby bunny" becomes incoherent. In the first showdown, seniors Mika Padmanabhan and Trevor Teerlink stuffed six and seven marshmallows in their mouths respectively, leaving witnesses in awe.

Twenty-nine years and no regular season wins. This is the storyline as the Falcon football team heads into hostile territory for its matchup against cross-district rival Los Gatos on Friday, Oct. 23, at Helm Field.

Last year, the team lost 10-7 on a field goal with 23 seconds left. This year, however, the Falcons are determined to end the infamous streak and embarrass the Wildcats in their Homecoming game.

"We came really close last year. I think this is the year," said senior defensive end Adam Oreglia.

Seniors Ben Hinshaw, Matt Murray, sophomore Adam Hinshaw and freshman Ian Burnes break national record in 4x100 freestyle relay at the CCS meet in Santa Clara on May 16. To view the full story behind Saratoga's incredible win, go to http://saratogafalcon.org/content/boys-swimming-falcons-break-national-r....

“We are going to go out there and crush that CCS record,” senior Matt Murray said. “ We are going to show Bellarmine and everyone else here that we are the best team in CCS.”