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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and subject file at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in below 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a document that had stood for practically 60 years.

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

Ryun became the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in beneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his own document 5 instances before 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 high school athlete to interrupt 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It must be famous, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action in high school-only competitors, without using a pacer.

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

"I might wish to assume that it isn't loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin informed CBS News. "Obviously, I'm still an extended ways away and have some work to do, however I'm confident in my capability. I have the dream, now I just must put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires might very properly be in attain. After his file run in the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.