High 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 area document at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in underneath four minutes. Martin's run broke a report that had stood for practically 60 years.

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

Ryun grew to become the primary high schooler to run a mile in under four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal report five occasions earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of report was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It ought to be noted, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in excessive school-only competitors, with out 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 objectives, Martin hopes to become an Olympic athlete.

"I would prefer to think that it isn't loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin told CBS Information. "Clearly, I'm nonetheless an extended methods away and have some work to do, but I am confident in my ability. I've the dream, now I simply need to put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires might very effectively be in attain. After his document run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.