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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and discipline file at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in under four minutes. Martin's run broke a report that had stood for almost 60 years.

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

Ryun grew to become the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in underneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal document 5 occasions before graduating. Ryun's time of record was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less 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 out of doors runs. It ought to be famous, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action in high school-only competition, with out the use of a pacer.

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

"I might like to think that it is not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin told CBS News. "Obviously, I'm still a protracted methods away and have some work to do, but I'm assured in my capacity. I've the dream, now I simply should 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 record run within the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.