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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and field document on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in underneath four minutes. Martin's run broke a record that had stood for practically 60 years.

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

Ryun became the first excessive schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal record 5 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 highschool athlete to interrupt 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It should be noted, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action in high school-only competitors, with out the usage of a pacer.

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

"I'd like to think that it is not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin informed CBS Information. "Obviously, I am nonetheless an extended ways away and have some work to do, but I'm assured in my skill. I have the dream, now I just must put the work in and chase it."

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