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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and subject file at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in underneath four minutes. Martin's run broke a document that had stood for nearly 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 without assistance from a pacer, breaking a report that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun turned the first high schooler to run a mile in below four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal document 5 occasions earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of file was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to interrupt four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It should be famous, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in excessive school-only competition, without the usage of a pacer.

Martin's run was a major milestone he prepares to attend the University of Virginia upon graduation. Talking about his long-term targets, Martin hopes to change into an Olympic athlete.

"I might prefer to suppose that it isn't crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin told CBS News. "Clearly, I am nonetheless an extended methods away and have some work to do, but I am assured in my capacity. I've 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 may very well be in reach. After his record run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.