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 monitor and discipline document at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in under four minutes. Martin's run broke a document that had stood for practically 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out the aid of a pacer, breaking a file that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun became the first excessive schooler to run a mile in below 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own document five times before 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 highschool athlete to break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It must be famous, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in excessive school-only competitors, with out using a pacer.

Martin's run was a major 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 might like to think that it is not loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin informed CBS Information. "Obviously, I am still an extended ways away and have some work to do, but I am assured in my skill. I've the dream, now I just should put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals may very nicely be in attain. After his document run in the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.