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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and subject record at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in below 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for practically 60 years.

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

Ryun turned the first high schooler to run a mile in underneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal document 5 times before graduating. Ryun's time of document was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less 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 ought to be noted, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in high school-only competition, without the usage of a pacer.

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

"I might wish to think that it is not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin instructed CBS Information. "Clearly, I'm still a long ways away and have some work to do, however I'm confident in my capacity. I've the dream, now I simply should put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals might very effectively be in attain. After his report run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.