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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and area document on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in underneath 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 aid of a pacer, breaking a file that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun became the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in under four minutes in 1964, then broke his own file 5 instances before graduating. Ryun's time of record was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower 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 should be noted, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in excessive school-only competition, with out the usage of a pacer.

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

"I'd like to suppose that it is not crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin instructed CBS Information. "Clearly, I am nonetheless a protracted methods away and have some work to do, but I'm assured in my skill. I've the dream, now I just need to put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires could very properly be in attain. After his file run in the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.