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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and field document on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in under four minutes. Martin's run broke a record that had stood for practically 60 years.

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

Ryun turned the first high schooler to run a mile in below 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own document 5 instances earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of file was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool athlete to interrupt four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It needs to be famous, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in high school-only competitors, with out the usage of a pacer.

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

"I would prefer to assume that it is not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin told CBS News. "Obviously, I am still a long methods away and have some work to do, but I'm confident in my skill. I've the dream, now I just need to put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams might very well be in attain. After his document run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.