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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood Excessive School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and area record on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in beneath 4 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 help of a pacer, breaking a report that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun became the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in under four minutes in 1964, then broke his own document five 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 high school athlete to break four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It needs to be famous, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in high school-only competitors, without the use of a pacer.

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

"I would like to suppose that it isn't loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin instructed CBS Information. "Clearly, I am still a protracted methods away and have some work to do, however I am assured in my means. I have the dream, now I just should put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams may very effectively be in attain. After his file run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.