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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and field document on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in underneath 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a record that had stood for almost 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 without the aid of a pacer, breaking a record that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun became the primary high schooler to run a mile in underneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal record five occasions 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 high school athlete to break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It must be famous, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in high school-only competitors, without the use of a pacer.

Martin's run was a significant milestone he prepares to attend the University of Virginia upon graduation. Talking about his long-term targets, Martin hopes to develop into 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 News. "Clearly, I am still a long ways away and have some work to do, but I'm confident in my means. I've the dream, now I simply should put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals might very effectively be in attain. After his record run in the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m during the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.