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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden Excessive Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious observe and subject file at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in below 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a record that had stood for nearly 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 grew to become the primary high schooler to run a mile in below 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own document five instances before 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 interrupt 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It needs to be noted, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in high school-only competition, without using a pacer.

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

"I'd like to suppose that it's not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin advised CBS Information. "Obviously, I'm nonetheless a protracted ways away and have some work to do, but I am assured in my means. I've the dream, now I simply should put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires may very properly be in attain. After his report run within the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.