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 field record on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by operating a mile in below four 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 aid of a pacer, breaking a file that had been set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

Ryun grew to become the first high schooler to run a mile in under 4 minutes in 1964, then broke his own record 5 instances earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of file was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by lower than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American high school athlete to interrupt 4 minutes, and his time now ranks third all-time in outside runs. It should be famous, although, that Ryun was the one athlete to do so in excessive school-only competitors, without the usage of a pacer.

Martin's run was a major milestone he prepares to attend the University of Virginia upon commencement. Speaking about his long-term goals, Martin hopes to grow to be an Olympic athlete.

"I would like to assume that it isn't loopy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin instructed CBS News. "Obviously, I am nonetheless an extended methods away and have some work to do, however I'm assured in my capability. I've the dream, now I simply have to put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals could very nicely be in attain. After his report run in the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, profitable silver in 1500m in the course of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.