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

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

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 without assistance from a pacer, breaking a file that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun grew to become the primary high schooler to run a mile in below four minutes in 1964, then broke his own report 5 occasions earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of report was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to interrupt four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It should be famous, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in high school-only competition, with out using a pacer.

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

"I would wish to suppose that it's not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin told CBS Information. "Obviously, I am nonetheless an extended ways away and have some work to do, however I am assured in my potential. I have the dream, now I just have to put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams might very nicely be in reach. After his document run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.