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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and field file at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in beneath four minutes. Martin's run broke a report 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 turned the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in below four minutes in 1964, then broke his own file five occasions before graduating. Ryun's time of record was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower 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 ought to be famous, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action in high school-only competitors, with out using a pacer.

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

"I would prefer to think that it's not loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin instructed CBS News. "Obviously, I'm still a protracted methods away and have some work to do, but I am assured in my skill. I have the dream, now I just should put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires could very nicely be in reach. After his document run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.