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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wooden High School Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and subject file on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in under 4 minutes. Martin's run broke a record that had stood for nearly 60 years.

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 without assistance from 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 beneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own record 5 instances before graduating. Ryun's time of document 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 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in out of doors runs. It needs to be noted, though, that Ryun was the one athlete to take action in high school-only competition, with out the use of a pacer.

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

"I might prefer to assume that it's not crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin told CBS News. "Obviously, I'm nonetheless an extended methods away and have some work to do, but I'm 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 might very effectively be in reach. After his file run in the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.