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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and discipline document at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in under four minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for almost 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 turned the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in under four minutes in 1964, then broke his own record five occasions before graduating. Ryun's time of document was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It ought to be famous, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in excessive school-only competition, with out using a pacer.

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

"I'd like to assume that it's not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin advised CBS News. "Clearly, I'm still a long methods away and have some work to do, but I am confident in my capability. I have the dream, now I just need to put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams may very properly be in attain. After his file run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.