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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and field record on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in under four minutes. Martin's run broke a record that had stood for almost 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out the help of 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 beneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal document 5 times earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of report 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 needs to be noted, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in high school-only competition, with out using a pacer.

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

"I would prefer to assume that it's not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin advised CBS News. "Obviously, I am nonetheless a long methods away and have some work to do, but I'm confident in my means. I've the dream, now I simply have to put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals may very nicely be in attain. After his report 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.