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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and discipline report 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 without the help of a pacer, breaking a record that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun grew to become the first high schooler to run a mile in beneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal record five occasions 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 highschool athlete to interrupt 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It ought to be famous, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action in excessive school-only competitors, with out the use of a pacer.

Martin's run was a major milestone he prepares to attend the College of Virginia upon graduation. Speaking about his long-term targets, Martin hopes to grow to be an Olympic athlete.

"I might wish to assume that it is not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin told CBS News. "Clearly, I am nonetheless an extended methods away and have some work to do, however I am confident in my skill. I've the dream, now I just need to put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires may very well be in attain. After his report run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.