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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and discipline report on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in under 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for nearly 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out the help of a pacer, breaking a record that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun became the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his own record five instances before 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 break four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It must be famous, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in high school-only competitors, with out using a pacer.

Martin's run was a significant milestone he prepares to attend the College of Virginia upon commencement. Speaking about his long-term objectives, Martin hopes to turn out to be an Olympic athlete.

"I might wish to think that it is not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin informed CBS News. "Obviously, I am nonetheless a long ways away and have some work to do, but I am assured in my capability. 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 may very effectively be in reach. After his report run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.