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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and discipline report on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by working a mile in below 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a record that had stood for practically 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 with out the help of a pacer, breaking a file that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun turned the first high schooler to run a mile in underneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal report five instances earlier than 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 highschool athlete to break 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It ought to be noted, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in excessive school-only competitors, 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 goals, Martin hopes to grow to be an Olympic athlete.

"I would wish to assume that it's not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin advised CBS News. "Clearly, I am nonetheless a long methods away and have some work to do, but I'm confident in my capacity. I have the dream, now I just need to put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams might very well be in attain. After his file run in the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.