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

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

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out the help of 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 under 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own record five times earlier than 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 out of doors runs. It must be noted, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in excessive school-only competition, without the usage 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 goals, Martin hopes to develop into an Olympic athlete.

"I would like to suppose that it's not loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin advised CBS Information. "Clearly, I'm nonetheless an extended ways away and have some work to do, however I am confident in my ability. I have the dream, now I just need to put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals may very properly be in reach. After his file run within the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.