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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and discipline record at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in below 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a record that had stood for practically 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out assistance from a pacer, breaking a file that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun grew to become the primary high schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his own record 5 times 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 interrupt 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It must be famous, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in excessive school-only competitors, without using a pacer.

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

"I might prefer to think that it isn't loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin instructed CBS News. "Clearly, I am still an extended ways away and have some work to do, however I am confident in my capability. I've the dream, now I simply have to put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals might very effectively be in reach. After his record run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.