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

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

Martin ran a mile in 3:57:98 without the help of 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 underneath 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his personal record five instances 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 outside runs. It should be famous, though, that Ryun was the only athlete to take action in high school-only competitors, without using a pacer.

Martin's run was a major 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 might like to suppose that it is not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin told CBS News. "Obviously, I'm still a protracted methods away and have some work to do, but I'm confident in my potential. I've the dream, now I just should put the work in and chase it."

Based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's desires might very properly be in attain. After his record run in the Sixties, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m throughout the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.