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

Gary Martin, a senior at Archbishop Wood High College Warminster, Penn., broke a prestigious track and discipline report at 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 almost 60 years.

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

Ryun became the primary high schooler to run a mile in under four minutes in 1964, then broke his personal file 5 occasions earlier than graduating. Ryun's time of file was 3:58.3, a mark which Martin broke by less than a second.

Martin is now the 14th American highschool 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 do so in excessive school-only competition, with out the usage of a pacer.

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

"I would prefer to think that it's not crazy for me to say that it's a dream now," Martin instructed CBS Information. "Clearly, I'm still a long ways away and have some work to do, however I am confident in my potential. I've the dream, now I just should put the work in and chase it."

Primarily based on his beating Ryun's mark, Martin's goals may very nicely be in attain. After his file run within the 1960s, Ryun went on to compete in three Olympic finals, winning silver in 1500m through the 1968 Mexico Metropolis Olympics.