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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and discipline report at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in below 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for almost 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 became the first high schooler to run a mile in underneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his own file five occasions earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of file was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American high school athlete to break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It needs to be famous, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action in excessive school-only competition, with out the usage of a pacer.

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

"I would prefer to think that it is not crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin informed CBS News. "Clearly, I am still a protracted methods away and have some work to do, but I am assured in my potential. I've the dream, now I simply have to put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals may very well be in reach. After his report run in the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.