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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and subject record at the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in under 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a report that had stood for almost 60 years.

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

Ryun grew to become the primary excessive schooler to run a mile in underneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal report five instances 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 highschool athlete to interrupt four minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It should be famous, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in high school-only competitors, with out the usage of a pacer.

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

"I would wish to assume that it isn't loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin informed CBS News. "Obviously, I am nonetheless an extended ways away and have some work to do, however I am confident in my potential. 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 desires may very nicely be in attain. After his file run within the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.