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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and subject document at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in beneath 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a file that had stood for almost 60 years.

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

Ryun became the primary high schooler to run a mile in underneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal record five instances earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of record 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 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outdoor runs. It should be famous, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in excessive school-only competition, with out the usage of a pacer.

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

"I would like to assume that it is not loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin advised CBS Information. "Obviously, I'm nonetheless a protracted ways away and have some work to do, however I am assured in my capability. I have the dream, now I simply need to put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals might very effectively be in attain. After his document run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.