High schooler runs sub-4 minute mile, breaks document that had stood since 1965

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

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out 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 report five instances earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of document was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American high school athlete to interrupt four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It must be noted, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in excessive school-only competitors, without using a pacer.

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

"I would wish to assume that it isn't crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin informed CBS Information. "Clearly, I'm nonetheless a protracted ways away and have some work to do, but I am assured in my capacity. I have the dream, now I simply need to put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals may very nicely be in reach. After his file run in the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.