Ava Engstrom Breaks School 3K Record

Ava Engstrom, an East Hampton High School sophomore who is among a dozen on Yani Cuesta’s winter girls track roster, broke Dana Cebulski’s indoor 3,000-meter record at Suffolk Community College in Brentwood Saturday with her time of 10 minutes and 57.36 seconds. Cebulski’s mark of 10:58.35 was set in January of 2012. It was the first time Engstrom had run the 3,000 this season. 

Cuesta, in an email, said the team was “off to a great start,” citing Penelope Greene’s personal best 5:11.86 in the 1,500 on Saturday, Mimi Fowkes’s personal best of 8:51.45 in the 1,500 racewalk that day, and personal bests by Bella Espinoza in the long jump and by Lillie Minskoff in the 300, in the team’s first outing on Dec. 2. Espinoza’s leap of 14 feet 31/2 inches equaled her previous best in the long jump. Minskoff, who ran the 300 in 45.68, long-jumped 14-2.