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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High College 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 document that had stood for almost 60 years.

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

Ryun became the first excessive schooler to run a mile in below four minutes in 1964, then broke his own document five times 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 high school athlete to interrupt four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It must be noted, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in excessive school-only competition, without the usage of a pacer.

Martin's run was a serious milestone he prepares to attend the College of Virginia upon graduation. Speaking about his long-term objectives, Martin hopes to turn out 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 told CBS Information. "Clearly, I'm still a long methods away and have some work to do, but I'm confident in my ability. I've the dream, now I simply need to put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals could very nicely be in reach. After his document run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.