High schooler runs sub-4 minute mile, breaks record that had stood since 1965

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and area report at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in underneath 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a report that had stood for practically 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out assistance from a pacer, breaking a report that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun turned the primary high schooler to run a mile in below four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal record five occasions earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of report was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American high school athlete to interrupt four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It should be noted, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in excessive school-only competitors, without using a pacer.

Martin's run was a major milestone he prepares to attend the University of Virginia upon commencement. Talking about his long-term objectives, Martin hopes to turn into an Olympic athlete.

"I'd wish to assume that it's not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin advised CBS News. "Obviously, I'm nonetheless a long ways away and have some work to do, however I'm assured in my potential. I've the dream, now I just must put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals may very effectively be in attain. After his record run in the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.