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

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

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

Ryun turned the primary high schooler to run a mile in under 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal record 5 times earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of record 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 famous, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in high school-only competitors, with out using a pacer.

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

"I would wish to suppose that it's not crazy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin advised CBS News. "Obviously, I am nonetheless a long ways away and have some work to do, but I'm confident in my capability. I have the dream, now I just have to put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals could very nicely be in reach. After his record run within the Nineteen Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.