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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and area report on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in beneath 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for practically 60 years.

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

Ryun grew to become the first high schooler to run a mile in underneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his own document 5 times earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of file 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 four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It ought to be noted, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in excessive school-only competitors, without 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 goals, Martin hopes to grow to be an Olympic athlete.

"I would like to suppose that it isn't crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin instructed CBS Information. "Obviously, I'm nonetheless a long ways away and have some work to do, but I'm assured in my capacity. I have the dream, now I simply should put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires may very properly be in reach. After his document run in the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.