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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and area file at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in beneath four minutes. Martin's run broke a report that had stood for almost 60 years.

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

Ryun turned the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in under four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal record five occasions before graduating. Ryun's time of document was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to break four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It ought to be famous, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in excessive school-only competition, with out the use of a pacer.

Martin's run was a major milestone he prepares to attend the College of Virginia upon graduation. Speaking about his long-term targets, Martin hopes to grow to be an Olympic athlete.

"I'd wish to assume that it's not crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin instructed CBS News. "Clearly, I'm nonetheless an extended methods away and have some work to do, however I'm confident in my skill. 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 dreams might very effectively be in attain. After his record run in the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m during the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.