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

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

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 without the aid of a pacer, breaking a file that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun turned the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in underneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own file five instances earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of report was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to break 4 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 take action in excessive school-only competition, with out using a pacer.

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

"I might like to think that it is not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin told CBS Information. "Obviously, I am nonetheless a protracted ways away and have some work to do, however I'm confident in my capacity. 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 dreams might very nicely be in attain. After his record run in the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.