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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and area report on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in below 4 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 aid of a pacer, breaking a report that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun grew to become the first excessive schooler to run a mile in underneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal record five instances earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of record was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American high school athlete to interrupt 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It must be famous, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in excessive school-only competitors, without the usage 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 goals, Martin hopes to grow to be an Olympic athlete.

"I would prefer to assume that it's not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin instructed CBS Information. "Obviously, I am nonetheless an extended methods away and have some work to do, but I'm confident in my capability. I have the dream, now I just have to put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires might very well be in attain. After his report run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.