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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High Faculty Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious monitor and field file on the Pennsylvania Catholic League Championship on Monday by running a mile in under four minutes. Martin's run broke a document that had stood for nearly 60 years.

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

Ryun became the first excessive schooler to run a mile in underneath four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal file 5 occasions earlier than 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 outside runs. It should be noted, although, that Ryun was the only athlete to do so in excessive school-only competition, without using 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 grow to be an Olympic athlete.

"I might like to assume that it is not loopy for me to say that it is a dream now," Martin informed CBS Information. "Obviously, I am nonetheless a protracted ways away and have some work to do, however I'm assured in my skill. I've the dream, now I simply need to put the work in and chase it."

Based mostly on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's dreams might very well be in reach. After his document run in the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, successful silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.