Excessive schooler runs sub-4 minute mile, breaks document that had stood since 1965

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and area record at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in beneath four minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for practically 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 without the help of a pacer, breaking a document that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun turned the first excessive schooler to run a mile in below 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal document five times before graduating. Ryun's time of document 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 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It should be famous, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in high school-only competitors, with out the use of a pacer.

Martin's run was a significant milestone he prepares to attend the College of Virginia upon commencement. Talking about his long-term targets, Martin hopes to change into an Olympic athlete.

"I would like to think that it isn't loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin told CBS Information. "Clearly, I'm nonetheless a long ways away and have some work to do, however I am assured in my means. I've the dream, now I simply have to put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams could very effectively be in attain. After his file run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m during the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.